American Society vs. Brave New World Society There is a plethora of things that differentiate American society from that of the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. One of them is the quote “everyone belongs to everyone” (Huxley) which, in one sense, may mean that everyone in the society is equal, but in another sense, may mean that there are no relationships and everybody has sex with everybody like hippies in the 1960s. In American society, there are some people that enjoy having sexual intercourse with no strings attached meaning that there is no commitment There are also some people that do enjoy being in a relationship and then there are the people that only stay in a relationship long enough to have sex with the other person in the
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Infants are taken from the beds and placed on the floor with two objects that their caste is not allowed to enjoy. After the babies begin to giggle and touch the objects, a nurse presses a button that causes an alarm to go off and then a switch is flicked that turns on an electric field. All of this causes the babies to scream and thus, they become afraid of the two objects. In American Society, children are raised by their parents or in a foster or group home. Most of the time, the children are not subjected to anything like the aforementioned. Most children are loved and taught morals as well as the difference between right and wrong. Children aren’t ever taught to play with each other in a sexual way, but rather they are given the talk at some point. The talk refers to the speech parents give to their kids when they feel as though the child has begun to go through puberty so that they don’t behave inappropriately with children of the opposite sex.
In this specific area, the Brave New World society is particularly different. Children as young as five years old start playing with themselves as well as with other children. This occurrence is expected. Not only that, but if a child doesn’t partake in the lustrous actions, they are sent to a psychologist to figure out what could be wrong with them that would keep them from indulging
Infants are taken from the beds and placed on the floor with two objects that their caste is not allowed to enjoy. After the babies begin to giggle and touch the objects, a nurse presses a button that causes an alarm to go off and then a switch is flicked that turns on an electric field. All of this causes the babies to scream and thus, they become afraid of the two objects. In American Society, children are raised by their parents or in a foster or group home. Most of the time, the children are not subjected to anything like the aforementioned. Most children are loved and taught morals as well as the difference between right and wrong. Children aren’t ever taught to play with each other in a sexual way, but rather they are given the talk at some point. The talk refers to the speech parents give to their kids when they feel as though the child has begun to go through puberty so that they don’t behave inappropriately with children of the opposite sex.
In this specific area, the Brave New World society is particularly different. Children as young as five years old start playing with themselves as well as with other children. This occurrence is expected. Not only that, but if a child doesn’t partake in the lustrous actions, they are sent to a psychologist to figure out what could be wrong with them that would keep them from indulging