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1、LossofPersonalityandIndividualLibertyinBraveNewWorld InBraveNeateriallivesintheirsociety.Thereisnocoldness,starvation,anddisease.Hoottodeclares:“munity,identity,stability,”(p.1)thereisnoindividualfreedom,nopersonalthought,andnoreligionsunderthetotalitarianreign.Peopleevenhavenorealsent
2、imentforeachother.Inaddition,therearelotsofabsurdrulesforthepurposeofconsolidatingstabilityinthemunity.Forexample,peopleareforbiddentoreadbooks,becausetheymightlearnsomethingfromthemandstarttothink.Thinkingthreatensthestabilityofthesocietysincepeoplearedifficulttocontrolselves.arxandHel
3、mholtzarxisaplicatedcharacterinthenovel.HelookssmallerthannormalAlphasbecausealcoholbryoperiod.Thesmallstaturecausesheisnotattractivetogirls.Hefeelsinferioraboutthatsothathedoesnotgetonemberstoomuch,heale“strange”thoughtinhismind.Forexample,yself…myselfandnasty.Notsomebodyelse,hoember,L
4、eninacannotunderstandeaning.Shealsofeelshorribleandaethingelse…acellinthesocialbody”(p.78).Thearxistreatedas“anenemyofSociety,asubverter”(p.129).HeisdismissedbyBloomsburyCentreandsenttoIcelandincaseheinfluencesothermembers’mind. Anothereccentricintheneholtzarx:“I’vebeencuttingallmymitt
5、eesandallmygirls.YoucanimagineakingaboutitattheCollege.Still,it’sbeen.”ThebetrayaltothenepliesthatWatsonoresatisfied.SinceWatson,heisregardedadangerpersontoFalklandIslandtoprotecttheirabsoluteauthority.Fromtheoutsideoftheneent.Hegroaleducation.Hecannotunderstandho,personality,morality,a
6、ndlovetohim.ApersonlikesJohn,needsmoralconstraintcannotliveinthisembersal,Iclaimingtherighttobeunhappy”(p.211).OnlymateriallifecannotsatisfyJohn,forhimself,butalsotriestohelppeopleintheneen.Hethroa,akingpeopleforgetallthetrouble,outintothearea.Heteachespeopledonottobeslavesbutmen.Hoa.Fi
7、nally,Johncannotstandpeople’signoranceandliveinaremotelighthousetoshelterhimfromthepollutionoftheneitssuicideatendofthestorybecausehecannotgetridofbeingharassedbythereportersfromthesociety. BraveNean.Theirthoughtshavebeencontrolledbyvariouskindsoftechnologysincetheyarecultured