Brave New World Differences

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley are both novels that deal with the theme of dystopia. Both novels depict societies in which mind control is used to create social stability. There are also individuals who rebel against this loss of freedom and identity. However, these individuals lose their fight for freedom because of unsuccessful escape methods, acts of violence and effective conditioning.

The novel, The Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley, is set as a modern day “perfect” society. All humans are taught before, they are born, how to think, and, as they grow up, that everyone is “everyone belongs to everyone else” (Huxley) (Page 43). As we ponder the thought of this “perfect” society we realize there are similarities between us and the Brave New World. But along with those differences there are also countless differences such as technology and medical advances.

In this essay I will compare two novels which deal with similar themes but in significantly different ways: “The Chrysalids”, a science fiction novel by John Wyndham published in 1955 and “Brave New World”, a novel by Aldous Huxley published in 1932.

In the short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates and the novel, Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley unique gender/sexual roles and disobedient actions portray through the main characters’ to defy the cultural status quo. Irony, juxtapositions, and foreshadowing are being used in each piece of literature to help the reader comprehend and compare what the author is saying about the characters and their motives now and in the near future. Connie, in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” can compare to Bernard and John in Brave New World, because all are ignoring the rules, whether it is society for Bernard and John or her friends’ parents for Connie. Each character wants to be with the opposite sex and experience life, even if they are being told otherwise. The authors each make these protagonist main characters appealing to the reader because we feel as if we can connect to them and perceive their desire to oppose what the rules are and how they want to be divergent from what their controlling forces are telling them to do, whether it is parents or society.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Invisible Man by H.G. Wells both have characters with complex minds. The authors were alive at the same time, and certain events affected both authors. Wells published Invisible Man in 1897, but Huxley published Brave New World in 1931. Since each author published when they were in their thirties and likely had a similar mindset at the time of writing, their characters have an interesting link between them.

In order to achieve false happiness; they used technology and drugs to make the society a perfect “heaven”. In the Utopian society, people are assumed to be in a world of sunshine and bluebonnets, and not care what lies beyond their Ford society. Technology is the mastermind in producing the perfect society, and the people are their lab rats. Drugs are used to hallucinate things, make us happy, and live a dreamlike life. Is having false happiness the best thing, do we need to forget what makes us humans, or do need to be robots and follow the Ford’s commands?

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

The book 1984 was written in 1949, and Brave New World was written in 1949. The two authors have similarities in the books, in the sense of the topic of society. When 1984 was written, World War two had come to an end,and communism was spreading putting a lot of fear on many countries. In George Orwell’s book, the biggest problem was socialism, and dictatorship taking over the world.

Authors such as Lindsay Holmes, Antonio Regalado, and Fiona Miller are just some of the composers that will support my insight of the parallels between Brave New World and our modern society. I will elude these notions in light of the effects it has on characters in Brave New World; in fact, the effects it poses on the characters of modern society. Yet there is mounting dangers of these parallels; of course some “John’s” of society may very well not believe it. The parallels between Brave New World and modern society certainly matter because awareness needs to be spread about the dangers in their clarity.     In the beginning of Brave New World, a four person conversation continues between Fanny and Lenina and between Henry Foster and

The Brave New World portrays the perfect society, where citizens of “Utopia” live a life without depression, and any socioeconomic problems. In the New World, every portion of life is controlled. Only when a person is able to dig deeper inside of himself will he find that this world is nothing close to perfect. Drugs, sex, and mind games control this world and solve any problems that may arise, such as overpopulation, and caste tension. The usage of such tactics causes a loss of individuality.

Brave New World is a novel written by Aldous Huxley, in which social stability is placed above all else. The sacrifice of individuality in the name of social stability is indeed worth the cost as the citizens of the World State are kept healthy, safe, and happy. “One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them” (Huxley16). Social stability has numerous benefits, the major one being keeping the citizens of world state safe. To ensure their safety, the leaders of society have programmed everyone to believe what they are told.

    Hamlet is many things: scholar, speaker, actor, and prince. His greatness shows in all of activities, save one: his inability to act. Hamlet is not able to avenge his father's death without considerable delay. There is a flaw in Hamlet's character that causes him to postpone the murder of Claudius - this flaw is Hamlet's idealism. While idealism is normally a good trait, in this case, because of the unusual circumstances, Hamlet's idealism causes great conflicts within him.

The 1920’s and the 1930’s brought about many changes in the world such as financial

In many cases when you read a novel you may find comparisons between the "fictional" society and your realistic one. The author may consciously or unconsciously create similarities between these two worlds. The novelist can foresee the future and write according to this vision. In Brave New World, Adlous Huxley envisions the future of our society and the dangerous direction it is headed in.

Everyone wonders how the future will be. What will change, what will stay the same? Everyone has their own views and scenarios on the future just as Brave New world and Divergent do. Brave New World and Divergent both take a look at the theme of social stability by analyzing setting, perspective and control. They both depict the future to be divided into five factions or castes where everyone is designated to a specific one. However, that may not always be the case as these two works show.