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This 6 page paper discusses Aldoux Huxley’s and Joseph Conrad’s views of civilization as illustrated in their works “Pleasures” and “An Outpost of Progress” respectively. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Progress" and Huxleys essay "Pleasures" to discuss their opinions. Discussion Huxleys essay, written in 1923, is less than three pages long, but he crams it full of both sarcasm and
vitriolic insights into the human condition. Its very funny, but also deadly serious in the points it makes. He writes that we are often concerned about external threats (he mentions
the "Germans at large," "French militarism" and the Treaty of Versailles that ended WWI) but notes that humanity has survived all this crises (Huxley, 1923). He suggests that the real
threat s the pleasures of the title. The essay could have been written yesterday. Huxley writes that he has no objection to real pleasure, but to the organized activities that
have taken its place (1923). He notes that in previous ages, people listened to lectures, read, attended plays-they did things that required some effort and even more importantly, caused them
to think about what they were seeing (Huxley, 1923). They often discussed and debated what they had seen; in short, although they liked seeing plays like Hamlet and King Lear,
they also enjoyed discussing the issues they raised. Mens intellects were engaged, in other words, in the pursuit of these pleasures. But things changed dramatically. Huxley writes: "In place of
the old pleasures demanding intelligence and personal initiative, we have vast organizations that provide us with ready-made distractions-distractions which demand from pleasure seekers no personal participation and no intellectual effort
of any sort" (Huxley, 1923). Huxley singles out Los Angeles and the movie industry in particular as the source of this garbage, saying that studios churn out "balderdash" that demands
nothing of its audience except that they sit still and stay awake (Huxley, 1923). He says the same thing of the press, which used to provide information but now provides
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