A Brave New World Essay

Postmodernism in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley What happens to society when its members are produced in factories? In his novel Brave new world, Aldous Huxley allows the readers to experience postmodern life through the portrayal of his characters in ideal society. Huxley takes the readers to a world where the government strives to establish a perfect community where every member of this “perfect community” is happy. By using science, they mass-produce people and design them to do only the things they are supposed to do. However, they take their identity, individuality and their freedom away from them.

Close your eyes and imagine a world free of war, suffering and pain; an environment that provides all the necessary luxuries to maintain eternal happiness; one that is stable, friendly, peaceful and enjoyable. In this world, every inconvenience known to man is rid of. We are no longer affected by disease, aging, heartbreak, depression or loneliness; conformity is at hand and stability is achieved. Now envision a world where there is no love, families do not exist, humans are no longer conceived yet created in test tubes, and sexual promiscuity is not only acceptable but enforced. Picture an environment where there is no religion, art or history. The human mind and body is assembled accordingly and we lack the freedom of

"'God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness.'" So says Mustapha Mond, the World Controller for Western Europe in Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World. In doing so, he highlights a major theme in this story of a Utopian society. Although the people in this modernized world enjoy no disease, effects of old age, war, poverty, social unrest, or any other infirmities or discomforts, Huxley asks 'is the price they pay really worth the benefits?' This novel shows that when you must give up religion, high art, true science, and other foundations of modern life in place of a sort of unending happiness, it is not worth the sacrifice.

     "'God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness.'" So says Mustapha Mond, the World Controller for Western Europe in Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World. In doing so, he highlights a major theme in this story of a Utopian society. Although the people in this modernized world enjoy no disease, effects of old age, war, poverty, social unrest, or any other infirmities or discomforts, Huxley asks 'is the price they pay really worth the benefits?' This novel shows that when you must give up religion, high art, true science, and other foundations of modern life in place of a sort of unending happiness, it is not worth the sacrifice.

Life  for Americans in the 1900s was very tension filled and fragile since the country was just coming out of the Red Scare. Aldous produced a book called  Brave New World, in which “controllers” in the book could easily manipulate and control the ignorance of people by doing drugs “soma” and being conditioned to think all is well, fine, and dandy. I think the controllers do this is to hide everyone from the reality everything was setup perfect for them and nothing could go wrong. The government used the drug “soma” as a way to make everyone high and belligerent to the point that the would agree to anything that the world state wanted. Taking soma makes everyone crave it even more because it is

In the Sci-fi futuristic novel “Brave New World”, published in 1932, Aldous Huxley introduces the idea of the utopian society, achieved through technological advancement in biology and chemistry, such as cloning and the use of controlled substances. In his novel, the government succeeds in attaining stability using extreme forms of control, such as sleep teaching, known as conditioning, antidepressant drugs – soma and a strict social caste system. This paper will analyze the relevance of control of society versus individual freedom and happiness to our society through examining how Huxley uses character development and conflict. In the “Brave New World”, Control of society is used to enforce

One way is through peaceful penetration from one territory to another. Throughout history where has that happened? And what have the results have been? Another way is through immigration. Where has immgration taken place? What people have immigrated where and why? Is immigration still happening today? A third way in which people have come into contact with one another is through war. What wars have taken place? Is that still happening today?

In the novel Brave New World (BNW) by Aldous Huxley, education and creative expression aren’t exactly the way today’s society teaches education and self-expression. BNW contains similar issues that can be comparable and/or contrasted related to today’s society. In Brave New World, creativity and self-expression doesn’t exist. Having individualism allows people to have the right to freely express themselves. Freely expressing ideas and emotions will lead to instability which would go against the society’s moto, “…COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABIBILTY.”(pg.3).

Huxley is saying that although our society would like to think that it is sexually

The ideology of "strong and stable" is high evident within the world that of which is introduced to us

The end of Brave New World brings John the Savage into direct physical conflict with the brave new world which he has decided to leave. He must get rid of all burdens put upon him by this dystopian world. Fasting, whipping himself and vomiting the civilization of this harmful world to purge himself, John cries: “I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled … I ate my own wickedness … Now I am purified” (Huxley, Brave 183). When he was exiled outside London, he spends the first night on his knees, not sleeping but praying to God: “Oh, my God! Oh forgive me! Make me pure! Oh, help me to be good!” (Huxley, Brave 184). Of course, the reason for his coming to this hill is to experience unhappiness and to think about the horror of the civilized world. In his new life of seclusion among the pretty forests, groves, ponds, and flowers, John realizes that he is really happy.

The education system in Brave New World as dreary and cruel as it seems is not far from the education system of our society. Creativity is not really promoted any longer in our society, which is comparable to Brave New World. The strict educational system and heavy gauntlet on creativity is a present day example of conditioning. The Brave New World uses conditioning to train the children of their society into learning specific subjects or forcibly generating a hatred for certain subjects or objects. Both systems condition children to know only what the administrators feel is suited. It is really quite scary to believe that the entire society is potentially being denied important

In the dark of morning, just before the sun started to rise, King Goddric looked out on the fields of the north. His kingdom was vast and beautiful. Memories of his long years came like sparks from a fire to give light to his dark mood. His foul mood wasn't something that overtook him occasionally, this was the deep sadness born from time. In his years as king his choices were not easy. They have caused his kin to turn against him. For what seemed like the millionth time in the last 15 years, he wondered if he was doing the right thing. Yes, most of the girls he brought here proved that they could be bonded to his people. Yes, they gave him both joy and pride at all they have learned and all they can do. But, was it enough? Goddric thought of the first king of the elves. He was too young a king for his time. He had made hard choices like himself.

On occasion, I wish I’d been a fairytale. Once upon a time I was born, and happily ever after I lived. But with reality staring me in the face, it was more obvious than not that the world didn’t work that way. Many are blinded by the “it gets better” phrase, chasing some sort of Utopia. How naive I was to imagine a world so big had nothing to hide. From an adolescent age, I learned that very lesson. Brought into this world with a cushion. Not a physical being, but a mental one. A seed planted in my head by my parents, pushing me to believe that all you needed was love. I cannot say I love them for this, but I can’t say I hated their proposition entirely. Early into my childhood my mother grew ill, later dying on my fourth birthday. This was a

The mission of my group was to portray the theme of freedom through the scene at the Park Lane Hospital for the Dying where John tries to take the soma from the distributor and free the Deltas. We hoped to convey the message that due to their conditioning, the Deltas were willing to give up their freedom in order to receive their soma. Overall, my group worked well together. Everyone was able to share their ideas and communicate their thoughts about the scene. We were able to collaborate and everyone was able to contribute to the performance. My group was also able to successfully create two props, a telephone book and a box of soma. There was some conflict between two members of my group, but they eventually were able to overcome their differences and work cohesively.