Brave New World
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley was written in 1932 but takes place some 600 years in the future. Human life has been almost entirely industrialized; it is only controlled by a few people of a World State. World State controls labs where human beings are created and conditioned according to society's strict caste system (Huxley 4). In this world material comfort and pleasure, provided by the drug soma and recreational sex, are the only concerns. In fact, natural processes of birth, aging, and death represent horrors. Bernard Marx, an Alpha-Plus (highest caste) psychologist, is the most discontented person in this type of world; he never enthusiastically engages enough in sex and soma. Scorned by women, Bernard nevertheless manages to catch the attention of Lenina Crowne (57). This Beta-Plus (second caste) beauty agrees to spend a vacation week with him at the remote Savage Reservation in New Mexico (58). The Reservation is a place far from the controlled technological world of London. Before Bernard leaves, his superior, the Director of Hatchery and Conditioning spontaneously reveals how he too visited the Savage Reservation, and he confesses in sorrow the he lost the woman who accompanied him there (97). Embarrassed
This book has had its number of influences on me, especially the way it made me think about governmental aspects in society today. Mond rules that John is to stay in London and live his life like everyone else. For example, names like Marx and Lenin(a). John then faces the judgment of the World Controller named Mustapha Mond. Drawn by the spectacle of his wild penances, reporters and crowds press in on John, who becomes a public curiosity (254). Another reason I chose this book was because to me it shows how much more technologically advanced we have become. This book juts out in my mind mainly because it is one of the best books I've read. On the other hand, it made me not only value my freedoms as an American, and also my life and emotions. Lenina's attempted seduction provokes John's anger and violence (169). He and John have a long discussion about society's flaws, but pronounce that the loss of freedom and individuality is a small price to pay for stability (235). At the same time I was reading the novel, I was learning the intricacies of governments in one of my other classes. Also, I think it shows the limitless possibility of our society becoming entirely scientific in the future.
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