Similarities Between Brave New World And Modern Society

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

Both stories, Gattaca and Brave New World, are similar because the civilizations support conformity more than they support individuality because if individuality is expressed the outcome is unpredictable.

In this book Huxley discuses his point of view between World State and our world and how our two worlds have some similarities in some areas but for the most part they are two distinct worlds. Huxley shows throughout the book that the two worlds, World State and our world, have similarities for instance in our world there are different religions but in the World State they have "Our Ford". There are other things that are somewhat different but also same that both worlds have such as religion, human birth, humans, etc. In the three chapters that we have read so far we saw there are many things that are similar to our world

Brave New World is a book about a futuristic Earth where people are made by science and trained to do certain tasks, as babies. One of the motifs of the story is divergence. The main characters, Bernard, John, and Helmholtz all show some form of being different from the rest of the population. The books of Shakespeare that John owned, are another motif that is expressed. Shakespeare and the World State are extremely contradicting, while the World State wants to eliminate passion, and love, Shakespeare tries to propel it.

In Brave New World, Huxley utilizes characterization, motifs, and symbols to show that the pursuit of “success” as a whole comes with consequences because there is no value placed upon being an individual. The World State does what it sees as best for society to function in a systematic manner and achieve collective “success”; however, their effort to achieve this utopia fails.

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?

When these and other questions weigh upon his mind he begins to realize that something is fundamentally wrong with the world he is living in. In Brave New World the main character, Bernard, is set apart from society by physical differences, which, in a society of ‘engineered’ people is extremely inhibiting. It is these ‘defects’ which cause him to look for a deeper meaning than the drug induced happiness forced upon him. These characters, although alienated in the novels, are believable and rational. The acts of their questioning in their search for the truth and real emotion persuade the reader to do the same thing. It is in this manner that the utility of these novels becomes apparent; through the demands they make of the reader personally - a superior social commentary, one that demands interaction, is born.

In a society where a powerful authority controls civilization and no one is free to choose what they can and can’t do, rebellious violence is futile. Because of this, literature can be one of the strongest weapons a person can wield. In the novels Kindred by Octavia Butler and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the protagonists Dana and John both use literacy in order to challenge the ideals of the powerful authorities from their respective societies; however, their attempts end up being mostly in vain.

Brave New World begins in an uncomfortably sterile and controlled futuristic society, commonly referred to as “the World State.” We join the story as a group of young students are receiving a factory tour of the “London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre” from the center’s director, whose name is… The Director. This is a very interesting start to the story because it is able to grab the reader’s attention and pull them. With that being said, I am going to be talking about each of the chapters, what it is like to live in the World State through my summaries, how it is different from our society, and if I would like to live there.

Emerging theme(s): Freedom vs. Confinement - One of the main emerging themes that is present in Brave New World is the ability to live a free life against being stuck to doing whatever somebody tells you to do. In the Brave New World version of London, the citizens are classed based on their intellect and looks, and gain advantages or disadvantages depending on what class they are. However, no matter what class a citizen may be, they will never have the liberties like people do in western society today. The citizens of London are always confined to what the World Controllers want in their society. But, these citizens are always happy in their utopian society that they do not even know that they’re imprisoned.

Similarities between the Brave New World and modern society are demonstrated through subconscious persuasion and over organization, however, differences can be recognized through over-population. People in the Brave New World and modern society are similar because they are both subconsciously persuaded in their sleep and over-organized through the controlled amount of children they can produce. However, the people of the Brave New World and modern society differ because government in the Brave New World want a limit on population and diversity, whereas in modern society, population growth is highly encouraged. To conclude, the importance and matter through these events are displayed because a wakeup call to the population can be illustrated

The society today could end up like the society in Brave New World. One way our society today could end up like the one in Brave New World is the similar drugs we use today. In our society today, we have advanced technology in the genetics field just like in the book, Brave New World. Lastly religion is not a big idea in today’s society like Brave New World. Those are some ideas of how our society could end up like Brave New World and their society.

Although the novels A Clockwork Orange and A Brave New World were written almost thirty years apart, they still share many similarities. The books satirically address society’s desires versus individuality, using the author’s perception of humankind’s future. Inspiration from each of the authors time periods were used to create the characters in the novels. Interestingly, both authors saw the future as Utopian style society where individuality was sacrificed in order to “better” civilization. The main question in both of the novels is if the freedom to choose and have free will is our right as a human or if we truly belong to the government.

Back in the 1930's when "Brave New World" was published, no body dreamt that world of science fiction would ever come into reality. Surely there must have been a time though when a machine that could wash clothes too, seemed like science fiction. That machine has come into reality though. With today's technology and already seeing how far we've advanced scientifically, who's to say we

This novel takes place in the year 632 A.F. The government controls the population of Utopia, there are only test tube births and an artificial process for multiplying the embryos. Marriage is forbidden. There are ten World Controllers; these people control the government and all of their plans. In the very beginning there are students being given a guided party line tour through the London Hatcheries. Two employees that work there are Henry Foster and Lenina Crowne, they have been dating each other too much and are discouraged by the state. So Lenina’s best friend, Fanny, picks on her because of this. Lenina then meets Bernard Marx, and grows to like him so much that she agrees to go on a vacation with him to a New Mexican