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Manipulative Societies The books Brave New World, by Aldrous Huxley, and 1984, by George Orwell, are alike because they have comparable organizations. By using brainwashing techniques, censorship, and the obliteration of history, the leaders in Brave New World and 1984 control the thoughts and recollections of the people in their societies. Without using these techniques, the societies being controlled could not exist, because the people would not be disciplined like they needed to be. The citizens in …

…do whatever they want in their society. Without using these techniques, the citizens of the two societies would get a different illustration of reality, and would probably disagree with the ways of their own society's behavior. If these techniques were ever discovered by the people, then most likely a revolution would befall the society, and changes would be made. Since this is most likely unreasonable, the citizens are these societies will believably be slaves forever.