In today’s world of problems, troubles and worries, it is often that we drift off and imagine a more perfect world, one where all of our hardships go away. However, making this perfect utopia can come to be quite difficult, which is where the concept of a dystopia comes into play. The author Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel “Brave New World” explores one such dystopia, in a world where emotion and all negative feelings are washed away with medication. In this essay, I will be exploring a short excerpt from this book, in which a non civilized man, or “savage” is being introduced into this new world by an established citizen, known as a “controller. I will identify three literary elements Huxley used in this scene. I will also analyze one literary
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During the entire scene, the tone is very different between the two characters. The controller seems to be talking down to the savage, in terms of not accepting anything the savage has to say and talking very arrogantly. The savage on the other hand seems hesitant, and more open minded to what the controller has to say, hinting at the fact that he is not brainwashed, and still able to process others opinions. During the end of the two characters conversation, the controller goes on and on about all the problems that would come with living in a non perfect world, “"Not to mention the right to grow old and ugly and impotent; the right to have syphilis and cancer; the right to have too little to eat; the right to be lousy; the right to live in constant apprehension of what may happen to-morrow; the right to catch typhoid; the right to be tortured by unspeakable pains of every kind." There was a long silence.” (Huxley) This part of the text really shows the tone of the controller, and how he has an almost automated response to everything the savage says. The controller explains things that are only negative about living an unpredictable life, and doesn’t at all talk about positive things in a different lifestyle than his. An example of the savages tone in this part would be his response to the controller, “"I claim them all," said the Savage at last.” (Huxley) The savage is more hesitant, and thinks …show more content…
In my opinion, the world in this book could be compared to real life, in terms of the medication being handed out. While not as extreme as in the book, a lot of medicine is used today to treat people in order to not be sad or mad, just like the book said. Another thing is the book talked about people using medicine in order to keep people from dying, just as we do today. While people are not completely numb to emotion today, like they are in this novel, there does seem to be some similarities in the book to today’s medical practices. Another book that this excerpt reminded me of was from the novel, “ The Giver”, written by Lois Lowry in 1993. “The Giver” takes place in another dystopian society, where characters do not have any negative emotions, and have very shallow personalities. An example of this is when the controller is speaking about inconveniences and says, “"We don 't," said the Controller. "We prefer to do things comfortably." (Huxley). These two novels seem to have a parallel of this theme, where citizens seem to be brainwashed that any emotions are bad, and they are perfectly content living boring lives until they die. This society wouldn 't hold up in a world with the people of today, there are to many single minded humans. The savage would be more agreeable outlook on the ways people would react to a dystopian society, not everyone will be up to the
During the entire scene, the tone is very different between the two characters. The controller seems to be talking down to the savage, in terms of not accepting anything the savage has to say and talking very arrogantly. The savage on the other hand seems hesitant, and more open minded to what the controller has to say, hinting at the fact that he is not brainwashed, and still able to process others opinions. During the end of the two characters conversation, the controller goes on and on about all the problems that would come with living in a non perfect world, “"Not to mention the right to grow old and ugly and impotent; the right to have syphilis and cancer; the right to have too little to eat; the right to be lousy; the right to live in constant apprehension of what may happen to-morrow; the right to catch typhoid; the right to be tortured by unspeakable pains of every kind." There was a long silence.” (Huxley) This part of the text really shows the tone of the controller, and how he has an almost automated response to everything the savage says. The controller explains things that are only negative about living an unpredictable life, and doesn’t at all talk about positive things in a different lifestyle than his. An example of the savages tone in this part would be his response to the controller, “"I claim them all," said the Savage at last.” (Huxley) The savage is more hesitant, and thinks …show more content…
In my opinion, the world in this book could be compared to real life, in terms of the medication being handed out. While not as extreme as in the book, a lot of medicine is used today to treat people in order to not be sad or mad, just like the book said. Another thing is the book talked about people using medicine in order to keep people from dying, just as we do today. While people are not completely numb to emotion today, like they are in this novel, there does seem to be some similarities in the book to today’s medical practices. Another book that this excerpt reminded me of was from the novel, “ The Giver”, written by Lois Lowry in 1993. “The Giver” takes place in another dystopian society, where characters do not have any negative emotions, and have very shallow personalities. An example of this is when the controller is speaking about inconveniences and says, “"We don 't," said the Controller. "We prefer to do things comfortably." (Huxley). These two novels seem to have a parallel of this theme, where citizens seem to be brainwashed that any emotions are bad, and they are perfectly content living boring lives until they die. This society wouldn 't hold up in a world with the people of today, there are to many single minded humans. The savage would be more agreeable outlook on the ways people would react to a dystopian society, not everyone will be up to the