1984 vs. Brave New World
In Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Huxley's Brave New World, the authoritative figures strive for freedom, peace, and stability for all, to develop a utopian society. The Utopian society strives for a perfect state of well-being for all persons in the community, and over-emphasizes this factor, where no person is exposed to the reality of the world. As each novel progresses we see that neither society possesses family values nor attempts to practice them. Neither are passionate nor creative in factors such as love, language, history and literature. Our society today, in general, is unsure about the future: The nightmare of total organization has emerged from the safe, remote future and is now awaiting us, just around the next corner. It follows inexorably from having so many people. This quotes represents Watts' fear for the future; George Orwell and Aldous Huxley both explore the future state of civilization in their novels. They both warn us of the dangers of a totalitarian society. Both books express a utopian ideal, examine characters that are forced into this state and are compelled to dealing with this society and all the rules involved. The impracticality of the utopian ideal is explored in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four a
In Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Huxley's Brave New World everyone is identical. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark mustache. This results in living in a stable society, where nothing will ever change. " It leaves the individual with unresolved issues and results in an illusioned life; this is not fair to the family, who has to deal with the individual's reliance of the narcotic. ' This shows the Party's intentions in keeping society an illusion. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. Winston, from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four works for the Ministry of Truth. In both societies, people will never learn how to make their lives better or be aware of the illusion that is present. His response suggests that authoritative figures do not believe that there is need for a mother in society and therefore, the Controller responds, "Mother, he repeated loudly rubbing in the science; and, leaning back in his chair, these, he said gravely are unpleasant facts; I know it. There perfect state remains dystopic when a lack of familial bonds, the sacrifice of human identity, and the lack of creative and artistic desires try to create stability in their society. This is the Party's way of controlling and brainwashing its people. One of the first mentionings of family in Brave New World is when the main character, Bernard, asks the Controller, the ultimate leader, about the past and why their society does not believe in families. They are hidden in illusion their entire life and are modified from the time that they are first placed in a bottle, to believe in the utopian ideals.
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