PLEASE help me with my social homework on orwell and huxley.I dont get a single thing

Who says you can’t correctly predict the future? Aldous Huxley and George Orwell did. Hear Neil Postman:

What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumble-puppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny “failed to take into account man’s almost infinite appetite for distractions.” In 1984, Huxley added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.

I need, two views of human nature presented by Huxley and two views of human nature presented by Orwell. Thanks, I need this asap! Social Homework! I wish I was good at social..there so little resources out there on the internet.. Thanks for helping me.

You don't need somebody to tell you what to do, and you don't need to look it up on the Internet. Nobody wants to do the homework for you, we want you to learn. :)

It does sound like your assignment is easily confusing, so I'll try to help clarify it so you can see how easy and fun this can be.

You're failing to grasp the intention of the assignment. You need to show two views of human nature. You could have a room of 3 people, and they could come up with 20 different views here.

You just need to practice some divergent thinking. I don't want to give you the assignment, but as an example, Greed is a common enough view of human nature. Lots of people think that it's simply natural for humans to be greedy.

That's not necessarily shown in Brave New World or 1984, however.

Read the books, and try to see, for yourself, what views of human nature there could be there. It's not difficult, and it can be a lot of fun.

These authors are showing a futuristic view of society based off of what they believe are the many aspects of human nature, for good or ill.

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Who says you can’t correctly predict the future? Aldous Huxley and George Orwell did. Hear Neil Postman:

What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumble-puppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny “failed to take into account man’s almost infinite appetite for distractions.” In 1984, Huxley added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.

I need, two views of human nature presented by Huxley and two views of human nature presented by Orwell. Thanks, I need this asap! Social Homework! I wish I was good at social..there so little resources out there on the internet.. Thanks for helping me.

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