In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, he addresses the frightening possibility
of a society where love and passion are nonentities and efficient rules. This society is the
representation of the death of the individual and the family as we know it.
In the future society where "truth's a menace [and] science is a public danger"
social stability is much more important than the individual (227). The conditioning
which each citizen goes through even before they are born, is aimed to keep everyone
happy; not for the good of the individual but for the good of society. The citizens of this
age live "blissfully ignorant of passion and old age," however, they are never to feel the
joy of being in love or having a family. The special relationship one has with one's
mother or spouse is traded in for a night at the feelies or a gramme of soma. To these
citizens, home is a place of "no air, no space;an understerialized prision; darkness,
disease, and smells" (37). To anyone who has a loving home, this statement is like a
punch to the stomach, as one wonders at their ignorance of anything emotional.
The savage, after being raised on the reservation, knows the pain of being an
outsider, though to him this ghastly society of meaningless sex is much more horrific.
His point is proven in his impassioned speech with Mustapha Mond as he states that he
does not want the comforts of this society. He passionately proclaims, "I want God, I
want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin"(240). He
wants his right to be unhappy, as long as the choices which cause him unrest are truly his
Upon meeting Lenina the savage becomes enraptured. He has never met anyone
as beautiful as she, and he hopes to marry her. However, unfortunately for him, Lenina
does not understand the concept of being in love. She is confused by the wa
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