King Lear

             English without grammar, math without numbers is like a place without happiness. Happiness is a state of well being with emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy and without happiness there is no life. By Aristotle's definition, "Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence." It is a sense of a pleasant feeling that takes our life to a entirely higher level. In fact, Aldous Huxley uses "happiness" in his sinister novel Brave New World, but the happiness he develops throughout the story is an unusual one. It is a kind of happiness that people don't have naturally, but instead distributed. It is a kind of happiness that doesn't improve life, but rather takes away from the characters. Huxley portrays happiness as a veil of acquiring instantaneous gratification of desires that conceals the truth from the society.
             The World State that Huxley depicts is a utopian government that completely depends on promoting social stability. In order to encourage this alleged stability, the government has to obtain total control of its citizens and bring them to such a pathetic position where the citizens lose their basic personal freedom. In addition, the government creates the idea of happiness that prevents the citizens from knowing the truth about their (the citizen's) circumstances. The characters derive happiness from a narcotic called soma, going to the "feelies", and playing games like Obstacle Golf. But people get the most contentment from taking soma that tranquilizes and puts them into a sleep.
             Even though the characters like Bernard, Lennina, and Henry are alive, they are no different from robots. They lack dignity, morals, values, and emotions, which are all part of the idea of humanity and the only way they can avoid emotions is by taking soma. Soma is a universally well-known drug that gives them a monotonous, foolish happiness an...

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