In the 1932 novel Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, resides a futuristic portrayal of the world several years past our modern time, where the production of humans themselves has become an industry controlled by a certain few that hold power over the entire world. The story follows the various lifestyles led by the different types of people that exist in this society and the contrasting experiences they undergo due to the stifling as well as rigid standards upheld by the system in place. In addition, the freedom in this world is compromised in order to create a more efficient and single-minded society. The so-called Brave New World described in this book can best be described as a dystopia, as the lives of everyone in this society is
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As a result of the eradication of natural births and risks of pregnancies, sexual activity has skyrocketed in this time period up to the point that promiscuity is a glorified trait to have. People go about having casual, meaningless sexual encounters with each other as if it is a sport. It has even become a sort of status booster, as having a high number of partners is an esteemed and noteworthy thing to have. A character by the name of Helmholtz is famed and respected in the community for having more than 640 sexual partners in less than four months. Even the children are taught to play sexual erotic games to make sex normal and familiar to them, and those who don’t comply are seen as irregular. One who has few sexual partners will be deemed as antisocial and can become an outcast in society, so in an effort to fit in, sex is seen as a social standard that must be appeased no matter what. Even concepts commonly associated with personal deep connections such as love, parents, and birth are seen as dirty and vile. The mere mention of someone having parents is alien and foreign to the humans of this society, who have not experienced deep connections as one in our own society feels with their own parents. The concept of everyone belonging to everyone else is brought up several times throughout the book as well, in which …show more content…
The people that exist in this novel have little to no control of their own lives due to government-controlled predestination and are discriminated against as a result of this. Furthermore, human interactions have become emotionless, solely used to satisfy sexual urges and physical desires, which is a loss of a key characteristic of humanity. Without freedom of one’s own life to do as they please or meaningful relations with other people solely due to fear of ostracization, you’ll end up with a somewhat empty society missing the things essential to be progressive and beneficial for the masses. The society of Brave New World cannot be categorized as utopian, but rather a bleak and oppressive place to live
As a result of the eradication of natural births and risks of pregnancies, sexual activity has skyrocketed in this time period up to the point that promiscuity is a glorified trait to have. People go about having casual, meaningless sexual encounters with each other as if it is a sport. It has even become a sort of status booster, as having a high number of partners is an esteemed and noteworthy thing to have. A character by the name of Helmholtz is famed and respected in the community for having more than 640 sexual partners in less than four months. Even the children are taught to play sexual erotic games to make sex normal and familiar to them, and those who don’t comply are seen as irregular. One who has few sexual partners will be deemed as antisocial and can become an outcast in society, so in an effort to fit in, sex is seen as a social standard that must be appeased no matter what. Even concepts commonly associated with personal deep connections such as love, parents, and birth are seen as dirty and vile. The mere mention of someone having parents is alien and foreign to the humans of this society, who have not experienced deep connections as one in our own society feels with their own parents. The concept of everyone belonging to everyone else is brought up several times throughout the book as well, in which …show more content…
The people that exist in this novel have little to no control of their own lives due to government-controlled predestination and are discriminated against as a result of this. Furthermore, human interactions have become emotionless, solely used to satisfy sexual urges and physical desires, which is a loss of a key characteristic of humanity. Without freedom of one’s own life to do as they please or meaningful relations with other people solely due to fear of ostracization, you’ll end up with a somewhat empty society missing the things essential to be progressive and beneficial for the masses. The society of Brave New World cannot be categorized as utopian, but rather a bleak and oppressive place to live