Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

When readers read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, they are taken the World State, a dystopian society where the citizens are attracted to material goods, immediate happiness, and drugs that distract themselves from reality. Do Readers begin to wonder if the society we live in today become a dystopian society? While comparing societies, we begin to realize that our society is almost identical to the World State. Our societies are very similar, but we will never become a dystopian society like the World State, for we are not controlled by material goods, immediate happiness and drugs, we are controlled by our emotions.

“And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue — liking what you 've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.”

In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, people in the book show lack of emotion,feelings,interest or concern especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal wishing we had lack of apathy, my prediction is that people will no longer have strong emotions about anything important.They will become apathetic about most issues.We are convinced that one individual doesn’t matter. We can’t really make a difference in anything we believe in. That’s one of the reasons why people have started to lose interest in many aspects of their lives because they can’t do anything to change that. However,this only applies to a certain part of the population. To be honest in my opinion I personally think most of our generation thanks to social media

Aldous Huxley’s book, Brave New World, is a futuristic dystopian novel based upon science and technology. The society created in the work produces humans with specific qualities to make sure that everyone fits into the system. The overall happiness of the people is favored above the rights of the individual. “Universal happiness keeps the wheels steadily turning; truth and beauty can’t. And of course whenever the masses seized political power, then it was happiness rather than truth and beauty that mattered” (Huxley, 228). The women’s rights movement seeks the advancement of socialism and the expense of individual rights, just as the “Brave New World” described in Huxley 's book sacrifices the rights of man for the contentment of society.

The novel Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley in 1932 is known for its social satire, utopian values, and unusual standpoints on stereotypical gender roles. In this time where futuristic technology has completely taken over, and men and women are given the same opportunities for everything, “the genders appear equal within the social order; both men and women work at the same jobs, have equal choice in sexual partners, and participate in the same leisure pursuits” (March 53). Huxley makes for a rather interesting feminist; “he was not only concerned about making women equal to men, he was also deeply concerned with the effects of technology and globalization on the quality of life for both genders” (Douglas-McMahon 21). However, there are many different sections of his novel that prove he was unable to fully rid of gender roles because of the time period in which he lived. Many of the stereotypical gender roles discussed in this book are also multiplied or switched rather than abolished. In his attempt to rid of stereotypical gender roles, Huxley manages to revolutionize, make fun of, and reconstruct them all in one breath.

Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in Surrey, England. He was the third son of Dr. Leonard Huxley and Julia Arnold. His father was a teacher, editor, and writer, while his mother stayed home and took care of the family. (“Aldous Huxley” Magill pg. 952). His two older brothers were Julian and Trevenen and his younger sister was Margaret. (Izzo n. pag.). His family was part of England’s intellectual aristocracy. Also, he took on the nickname of Ogie as a child which meant ogre.

Women and men are different in many aspects from today, than in Brave New World. Some things that happen occur today, and others are unethical and do not. The author shows that men and women are classified as being the same, but have certain rules and boundaries. For example, having feelings for someone you’re sexually active with is bad, when we all know, today women and men normally gain feelings regardless. As far as having sex goes they don’t affiliate that with reproducing. They just do it like it’s a sport or their favorite past time. And they reproduce human beings by using what they call the Bokanvosky Process. Woman weren’t presented in the positive way that they should be.

Have you ever wondered what human nature would be like if everybody looked and sounded the same?

Imagine living in a society where every single person acts and behaves the same. Do you think it’s possible? In the novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley tells of a society where everyone is the same but, compared to today’s society, everything is different. Huxley tells of a world where everything that happens or takes place is because of one’s own desire and nothing more. The hero in the novel, a “savage” named John, is Huxley’s main focal point. It is through his eyes and mind that the reader sees what’s going on. Now when I read this novel, I began to think, “Could this perfect, conformed world actually exist”?

Usually in high school or even in real world events, if one doesn’t fall into the social norms of their peers, they become socially excluded from social events. In most cases, people in high school could agree with this statement. If one doesn’t dress the way people dress, socialize the way they do, and even act the way their peers do, not only would they be excluded from any social life but they would also feel very lonely. In the story Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, one could compare Bernard Marx to the lonely kid at school who feels isolated and criticized by his peers. Bernard 's physique and high level of status makes him feel so out of place and insecure. On Pg.67, Huxley describes him in a way that gives us an insight on how

In our world, there is a plethora of societies. Different societies have different approaches to freedom, and have different ideas of what freedom is. In our society, we are taught that freedom is something that everybody should have no matter who they are or where they are from. In A Brave New World, Huxley gives us two examples of societies. These societies are the World State and the Reservation and they both have very different types of and views on freedom. By using these two examples and providing the readers with multiple characters that live in each society, Huxley clearly shows us his view on the subject of freedom. The character that stands out the most is John, and this is because John is from the Reservation and his views

Aldous Huxley wrote many great novels in his lifetime, but his most popular one was Brave New World written in 1931 ("Brave New World"). Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in the village of Godalming, Surrey, England. He was born into a family of scientist and writers. While growing up in England he attended Hillside School before entering Eton in 1908 ("Aldous Huxley"). Because of an eye disease, leaving him temporarily blind, he developed in 1910, he was forced to leave the school.

The novel, A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, in my opinion is not the most important piece of dystopian literature from the twentieth century. While my belief that this novel is unworthy of being known as one of the top five dystopian novels of the 20th century is partially based on the fact that I very much so disagree with his writing style and opinions, it is also based on facts found in his writing. Huxley's writing style is incoherent and waits to properly explain items or events, while his characters are immature and negative. The twentieth century also spawned various dystopian based novels such as Fahrenheit 451, 1984, and The Giver which I believe are far better than A Brave New World. The following paragraphs will expand on the

Brave New World was written during the 1930s which is falls into the modernism period. Modernism is a literary period, in which authors wrote based on cultural changes in western society.

Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in Godalming, Surrey, England. He was a prestigious philosopher and author that wrote dozens of works, but he is best known for his novel Brave New World (1932). The Huxley family name was recognized as most of his family had gone on to become acclaimed scientists. Aldous Huxley actually began life dreaming of following in his family’s footsteps and becoming a man of the sciences, but after keratitis left him partially blind, Huxley had to change his plan. He maintained enough eyesight to read - with effort – though and he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1916. He published his first book – a collection of poems – in 1916 but published his debut novel – Chrome Yellow (1921) – 5 years