Brave New World Comparison Analysis

Many people today envision a perfect world where many of today’s problems-discrimination, international conflicts and wars, and environmental degradation-are resolved. This unified and orderly utopia is heartwarming and inspires hope for a better future. In reality, a flawless and just society is difficult, if not impossible, to attain. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1932) explores the concept of a utopian society. In Brave New World, the World State, government of Great Britain, prohibits reading, giving birth, practicing religion, and any other activities that might jeopardize peace and stability. In contrast, in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (1954), British boys are stranded on an island after a plane crash and organizes a miniature society to survive, but tension between the boys divides the group. Even though one novel contains a government while the other novel lacks an organized political system, both novels explore the flaws of human nature and the impracticality of a utopia through satirical techniques like …show more content…
Through the use of irony, Huxley and Golding are able to depict the hypocrisy that civilization is not as civilize and grand as it seems to be. The use of reversals and metaphors, although similar, serve different functions in their respective novels and propel contrasting themes. Today’s world is entering an era of technological growth that is incomparable to the past. As society transitions into a different future, so too will people’s mentality and ideas. Even though Huxley and Golding are not here to witness modern society’s transformation, their ideas still permeate society today. No matter how much people and society changes, Huxley’s and Golding’s ideas will stay applicable to humanity and society: savagery, government control, and other dystopian elements are always present within people, civilization, and a “perfect”