Religion is often turned to when one feels alone or fearful; however if no being has the capacity of feeling this way, then the comfort of religion is dispensable. In the science fiction novel, Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, there is a dictatorship run by ten world controllers, where former old-fashioned religion is dismissed and the people now worship the figurehead, Ford, who represents the rise in technology and capitalism. The plot unravels, though, as characters such as Bernard Marx, Helmholtz Watson and John Savage question these concepts. Huxley expresses his strong view points concerning religion and technology using Ford and capitalism, satire towards Christianity, and Mustapha Mond who explains the reasoning behind removing God from the world state.
In Brave New World, religion is replaced with the worshiping of Ford who symbolically represents devotedness to capitalism in the world state. In the novel, the figurehead, Ford, is alluding to Henry Ford who was a huge player in the rise of consumerism during the industrial revolution, due to the fact that he was the creator of modern assembly-line work. This assembly-line work ignited production leading to decreased costs of items and increased purchasing of consumers. This idea was grasped by Huxley, causing capitalism to become the basis of the entire world state. Before the main plot of the …show more content…
Within Brave New World, consumerism plays a role similar to religion in the citizen’s lives; Huxley uses humour to criticize aspects of Christianity; Mustapha Mond explains the reason to why religion is completely dismissed by the world state. These extreme views towards religion show the opposite side of the spectrum to traditional religious views, veering readers to question the middle ground on to what extent the rise of capitalism should take over the role of
In Brave New World, religion is replaced with the worshiping of Ford who symbolically represents devotedness to capitalism in the world state. In the novel, the figurehead, Ford, is alluding to Henry Ford who was a huge player in the rise of consumerism during the industrial revolution, due to the fact that he was the creator of modern assembly-line work. This assembly-line work ignited production leading to decreased costs of items and increased purchasing of consumers. This idea was grasped by Huxley, causing capitalism to become the basis of the entire world state. Before the main plot of the …show more content…
Within Brave New World, consumerism plays a role similar to religion in the citizen’s lives; Huxley uses humour to criticize aspects of Christianity; Mustapha Mond explains the reason to why religion is completely dismissed by the world state. These extreme views towards religion show the opposite side of the spectrum to traditional religious views, veering readers to question the middle ground on to what extent the rise of capitalism should take over the role of