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=George Bernard Shaw =

Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland on July 26 1856. His father was originally a corn-merchant but developed a drinking problem. His mother was a professional singer. Before George was sixteen his mother left them with George's older sister, leaving him with his drunk father. Shaw completed his education even though he hated it, he then worked as a clerk for an office which he also didn't enjoy. He moved to London as a young man and lived off of his mother and sister. He worked as a leading music and theater critic. His first novel was meant to criticize the English stage. Shaw was a rationalist, and wrote with precise and witty dialect. When his writings were performed, the stage turned into a showing of different ideas. Some his most famous plays were //Man and Superman//, //Saint Joan, Major Barbara, and Heartbreak House//. His play //Candida// focused on social attitudes towards sex. //Major Barbara// makes an argument that salvation can only be achieved in political activity, not as an individual. Shaw died on November 2nd, 1950. During his lifetime he wrote over 50 plays.

Connections:
 * George Bernard Shaw**
 * Shaw worked as a clerk even though he disliked it.
 * Shaw wrote a play named //Candida,// the play is about a man named Morell and his wife Candida. Marchbanks a young poet, also becomes interested in Candida. Morell is saddened by the idea of losing his wife. Both men forget she is a woman of her own.
 * The play as much as the name of the central woman thus immediately foregrounding the theme of openness or frankness, especially in respect of love, romance and human/emotional relationship.
 * Helmholtz Watson**
 * The character Helmhotz Watson from //Brave New World// relates to George Bernard Shaw.
 * Helmholtz continues to write despite the fact that he feels his work is meaningless.
 * Helmholtz does not agree with the way women are treated in society.

http://plays.about.com/od/plays/tp/shawplays.htm http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1925/shaw-bio.html http://www.english.upenn.edu/~cmazer/mis1.html http://www.online-literature.com/george_bernard_shaw/

=** Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) **=


 * He was born in a town just south of London
 * Moved to a little town of Albury, England
 * His field of Expertise is Political Economy
 * His most famous research project was on population
 * His Hypothesis was that the population of mankind will eventually outstrip man’s ability to supply himself with the necessities
 * But his findings were that population growth is kept in line with food supply by positive checks such as starvation and disease.

of life. Connections:
 * Thomas Robert Malthus:**
 * He believed that population growth would control itself, because if there's too many people there will not be enough food to supply; "necessities of life"
 * Field of expertise was political economy, using government to keep the economy strong.
 * Mustapha Mond:**
 * One of ten world controllers
 * Help to control population by ending people's lives when they turn sixty
 * The world controllers, Brave New World's government, controlled the economy. They gave the people jobs, paid their salary, and conditioned them to spend their money. This way the economy would stay powerful


 * Thomas Malthus, whose name is used to describe the contraceptive techniques (Malthusian belt) practiced by women of the World State.**

=H.G. Wells =




 * **(1866-1946)**, English author, futurist, essayist, historian, socialist, and teacher
 * He wrote //The War of the Worlds// (1898), //The Invisible Man,// The Island of Dr. Moreau, The First Men in the Moon, The War in the Air, and In the Days of the Comet; along with many others.
 * He wrote about science fiction novels. He gained fame through fantastical novels but he also wrote several comic novels, short stories, non-fiction books and essays.

Connections: http://library.thinkquest.org/27864/data/wells/hgwbio.html http://www.online-literature.com/wellshg/
 * In the book, Dr. Wells advised Fanny to have a Pregnancy Substitute because she was feeling "rather out of sorts lately". Dr. Wells also educates Fanny saying that brunette girls usually have wide pelvises should have their first Pregnancy Substitute at the age of 17
 * H.G. Wells is a teacher and Wells educates Fanny in the story. Well's wrote books about science fiction and a Pregnancy Substitute could be considered science fiction.