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Journal Topic B:

Bernard Marx, a, or the, main character in Brave New World, is different in the society. Marx is not only different because he looks different, but this concludes him to act a little different as well. Marx is weary about taking the drug soma, he thinks there may be a better, or different way for the people to deal with situations in life. He is not shy about his views and neither does he shy away from others because he is different, Huxley has Marx stand out based on actions and quotes from Marx himself. Marx is resistant to "acting like infants", when he is with Lenina. He mentions it was just the first date, but Lenina is conditioned to not believe that they should have waited. He struggles to explain his feelings to Lenina, and ends up giving in, but he is quick to react. Marx has a slight want for a freedom and life that does not exist in the conditioned world and society, but people in the society believe they have.

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"Gee I Wish I Were A Man" WWI Posterhttp://www.oddee.com/item_66536.aspx

This piece of propaganda is directed towards young men, hoping they may join the Navy during WWI. It shows a girl who is usually seen as "weaker" than the man, and in effect it hopes to embarrass any man afraid to join. I think it is good at manipulating because it gives the audience a sense that it is indeed the thing they should do since they are men. For the time it works because women did not join the navy, but the men were almost expected to. I think the best slogan that stands out is "Gee I wish I were a man", because it shows the attractiveness of the navy and that that is the "manly" thing to do.