John the Savage expresses, "… I don 't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin” (Huxley 240). Aldous Huxley delineates in his satirical piece of fiction, Brave New World, a dystopia where all supposed human beings are deprived of the natural beauties experienced in our world today. Two predominant aspects exhibited in Huxley’s novel include his views on the veracity of a Utopia and his predominant messages exhibited to his audience. Lastly I agree with the main consensus of critics’ opinions, that it’s an interesting and insightful fulfillment of dystopian fiction. It’s very rare to find a novel that can tell an interesting story whilst exploring so many prominent anxieties of
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Jennifer Szalai, a New York Time critic, illuminates; “If you compare our generation to Huxley’s, there’s no doubt that we listen to more explicitly erotic music, wear more revealing clothing, form and break sexual attachments much more casually, and teach our children to be free from sexual shame” (1). In Brave New World, pornography is normal, and there is an overall sense of the liberation of sexuality. When Huxley wrote Brave New World, sexuality was far less prevalent than it is in today’s society. The underlying reason of why our views on sexuality have became more liberal and expressed is due to technology. Certain advancements in technology such as the cell phone have had profound impacts on our newer generation. For example, relationships have become increasingly detached because we often resort to texting instead of face-to-face interaction. Prime morals that used to prevail among us are becoming far less universal including love, peace, and hard work. In addition, technology has lead to substantial increase in crime. One individual, Devin More was arrested for auto theft and while in jail he shot and killed two police officers. It was later revealed, “he was a compulsive violent video game player who suffered from childhood abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder” (Helfgott 368). This is just one small example of crimes that would have never been committed in the 1930’s that happen now solely because of advancements in technology. Lastly, you have to keep in mind that its only been a little over seventy years since Huxley delivered these eye opening messages in Brave New World, it’s scary to think about the impact of the development in technology many years from now. It could be possible that our world may have direct similarities to the society of Brave New World. For example,
Jennifer Szalai, a New York Time critic, illuminates; “If you compare our generation to Huxley’s, there’s no doubt that we listen to more explicitly erotic music, wear more revealing clothing, form and break sexual attachments much more casually, and teach our children to be free from sexual shame” (1). In Brave New World, pornography is normal, and there is an overall sense of the liberation of sexuality. When Huxley wrote Brave New World, sexuality was far less prevalent than it is in today’s society. The underlying reason of why our views on sexuality have became more liberal and expressed is due to technology. Certain advancements in technology such as the cell phone have had profound impacts on our newer generation. For example, relationships have become increasingly detached because we often resort to texting instead of face-to-face interaction. Prime morals that used to prevail among us are becoming far less universal including love, peace, and hard work. In addition, technology has lead to substantial increase in crime. One individual, Devin More was arrested for auto theft and while in jail he shot and killed two police officers. It was later revealed, “he was a compulsive violent video game player who suffered from childhood abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder” (Helfgott 368). This is just one small example of crimes that would have never been committed in the 1930’s that happen now solely because of advancements in technology. Lastly, you have to keep in mind that its only been a little over seventy years since Huxley delivered these eye opening messages in Brave New World, it’s scary to think about the impact of the development in technology many years from now. It could be possible that our world may have direct similarities to the society of Brave New World. For example,