Comparison Between The Fictional Dystopias

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Lina Svensk ENGK01 Cloning as a Reflection of the Outlook on Society and Mankind: A Comparison Between the Fictional Dystopias in Aldous Huxleyʼs Brave New World and Kazuo Ishiguroʼs Never Let Me Go Lina Svensk ENG K01 Literary Seminar Autumn 2009 English Studies The Centre for Languages and Literature Lund University Supervisor: Lena Olsson 1 Lina Svensk ENGK01 Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 Historical contexts ......................................................................................................... 4 The loss of individuality ................................................................................................ 6 Conditioning and sacrifice for the good of society ..................................................... 10 Fears and threats .......................................................................................................... 14 The search for a time that has passed .......................................................................... 18 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 21 Works Cited ................................................................................................................. 23 2 Lina Svensk ENGK01 Introduction In the vast field of narrative fiction, throughout history, literature can always be seen as representative of the era and society in which it is written. Regardless of whether the plot is set in the present, a distant past, a century into the future or in a parallel universe 3 Lina Svensk ENGK01 that essentially only exists in fiction, the author, consciously or sub-consciously, comments upon various aspects of contemporary life. In most cases, our understanding
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