A Brave New World by Aldus Huxley
The novel Brave New World is like no other in fantasy and satire. It predicts a future overpowered by technology where the people have no religion. Has Huxley written about a degrading way of life or has he discovered the key to a perfect world that should be called Utopia? This essay will show that upon close analysis the way of life in the novel is justifiable and all the precautions that are taken are needed to preserve their lifestyle. This essay will also show that however different and easily looked upon, as horrible as their lives seem to be, in actuality it is better than ours. The first argument that would contradict the fact that Brave New World is a Utopia is the government overpowering the world, causing the loss of freedom and liberty in the people. Before judging their lives the reader must ask himself one simple question: Is it really that bad? Obviously no it's not. In the novel, the people don't have to worry about having a job. One must remember that being born and raised in Utopia, one does not know what freedom is and therefore does not know what is missing. Freedom leads to happiness, and if one already possesses happiness, then there is no need for freedom, especially if your government is making sure
Mustapha Mond is saying that with the evolution of time the need for religion has disappeared and has been replaced by the worship of another God who is Ford. That alone is a task that our world still has not been able to accomplish. Monogamy is discouraged by the utopian society and considered improper " Four months of Henry Foster, without having another man --- why, he'd be furious!if he knew. Also thanks to their conditioning they do not fear death but accept it as a way of life. Finally, the third character unhappy in Utopia is John or better known as the savage. As a matter of fact, he should not even be considered as an unhappy civilian because he was not raised in the utopian civilization but in the savage reservation. This discretion is needed because those types of books could challenge the hypnopaedic propaganda served to the people. They were brought up in conditioning centers and feel that parents and family are primitive. Books with opinions and emotions are non-existing. The only kind of books in Brave New World accessible to the public are reference books. Religion guides us, gives us something to believe in and a set of rules to live by. In our world, one has to face racism and stereotypes because people feel threatened by what is different.
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