Brave New World by Aldous Huxley explores the idea of complete government control. In Brave New World citizens are not made viviparously. Mothers and fathers are unheard of and family is unknown. Sex for reproduction instead of pleasure is absurd. Everything our societies founded on; religion, family and long lasting love is unknown of in Brave New World. The book begins with an introduction of the society starting with how humans are produced, the Bokanovsky Process. Then, brainwashed from birth which is hypnopaedia. Humans are taught what is right and wrong from the viewpoint of the government. Furthermore, to accept what they are, and more importantly they’re taught to value society over themselves, resulting in stability of society. One of the main characters is Bernard an outcast among his fellow
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However, John remains in London, in which he relocates to an abandoned lighthouse where he continuously beats himself in an attempt to achieve perfection, the beating eventually results in his death. In Brave New World the author is questioning the effects of a society controlled by technology, and regulated excessively by the government. It questions what affect too much government control can result in and what are the affects of science and technology on humans. For the question of the effect of too much government control and its affects on society the book comes to the conclusion that the government forces you to accept things you shouldn’t. They brainwash you to the point that you don’t know things to be any different and completely erase individuality in order to create stability. For example on page 35 it states “There were those strange rumours of old forbidden books hidden in a safe in the Controller’s study. Bibles, poetry-Ford knew what.” This shows that in that society the government has a big control on literature that is available to the
However, John remains in London, in which he relocates to an abandoned lighthouse where he continuously beats himself in an attempt to achieve perfection, the beating eventually results in his death. In Brave New World the author is questioning the effects of a society controlled by technology, and regulated excessively by the government. It questions what affect too much government control can result in and what are the affects of science and technology on humans. For the question of the effect of too much government control and its affects on society the book comes to the conclusion that the government forces you to accept things you shouldn’t. They brainwash you to the point that you don’t know things to be any different and completely erase individuality in order to create stability. For example on page 35 it states “There were those strange rumours of old forbidden books hidden in a safe in the Controller’s study. Bibles, poetry-Ford knew what.” This shows that in that society the government has a big control on literature that is available to the