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1、LossofPersonalityandIndividualLibertyinBraveNewWorld InBraveNeateriallivesintheirsociety.Thereisnocoldness,starvation,anddisease.Hoottodeclares:“munity,identity,stability,”(p.1)thereisnoindividualfreedom,nopersonalthought,andnoreligionsunderthetotalitarianreign.People
2、evenhavenorealsentimentforeachother.Inaddition,therearelotsofabsurdrulesforthepurposeofconsolidatingstabilityinthemunity.Forexample,peopleareforbiddentoreadbooks,becausetheymightlearnsomethingfromthemandstarttothink.Thinkingthreatensthestabilityofthesocietysincepeoplea
3、redifficulttocontrolselves.arxandHelmholtzarxisaplicatedcharacterinthenovel.HelookssmallerthannormalAlphasbecausealcoholbryoperiod.Thesmallstaturecausesheisnotattractivetogirls.Hefeelsinferioraboutthatsothathedoesnotgetonemberstoomuch,heale“strange”thoughtinhismind.For
4、example,yself…myselfandnasty.Notsomebodyelse,hoember,Leninacannotunderstandeaning.Shealsofeelshorribleandaethingelse…acellinthesocialbody”(p.78).Thearxistreatedas“anenemyofSociety,asubverter”(p.129).HeisdismissedbyBloomsburyCentreandsenttoIcelandincaseheinfluencesother
5、members’mind. Anothereccentricintheneholtzarx:“I’vebeencuttingallmymitteesandallmygirls.YoucanimagineakingaboutitattheCollege.Still,it’sbeen.”ThebetrayaltothenepliesthatWatsonoresatisfied.SinceWatson,heisregardedadangerpersontoFalklandIslandtoprotecttheirabsoluteautho
6、rity.Fromtheoutsideoftheneent.Hegroaleducation.Hecannotunderstandho,personality,morality,andlovetohim.ApersonlikesJohn,needsmoralconstraintcannotliveinthisembersal,Iclaimingtherighttobeunhappy”(p.211).OnlymateriallifecannotsatisfyJohn,forhimself,butalsotriestohelppeopl
7、eintheneen.Hethroa,akingpeopleforgetallthetrouble,outintothearea.Heteachespeopledonottobeslavesbutmen.Hoa.Finally,Johncannotstandpeople’signoranceandliveinaremotelighthousetoshelterhimfromthepollutionoftheneitssuicideatendofthestorybecausehecannotgetridofbeingharassedb
8、ythereportersfromthesociety. BraveNean.Theirthoughtshavebeencontrolledbyvariouskindsoftechnologysincetheyarecultured