World States Vs United States Essay

Laila Elgayyar In the World State, people lead “happy” oblivious lives with laws they chose long ago when they were plagued by war. While they might not realize what they are missing now, they are happy behind their wall of ignorance which they had chosen to build. Alternatively, people in the United States lead lives that can be sometimes filled with hardships and for some even misery. However, their lives of hard work can be rewarding for those who strive and work for a better future. United States’ citizens enjoy many freedoms (many taken for granted) and choices not available to people in the rest of the world. On surface the two societies seem complete opposite. However that is not the case. The World State and the United States share many common features in their system from social, to economic, to political. But the cold and rigid system is more obvious in the World State as Huxley presented …show more content…
After all, “Everyone belongs to everyone else” (pg.29). This can easily be compared to the family instability in the United States due to high divorce rates. For example, people who get married on a whim and divorce right after or people who stay married for years, have children, divorce, and then their children are jungled back and forth between the pair according to court sentence. In the same way the World State regards love as abnormal. The United States regards divorce as normal- happening too often to be considered otherwise. Concerning love, it can only be said that the World State praises promiscuous attitude, the same way the United States treat many relationship over a period of time- normal. Boyfriend and girlfriends is not an uncommon thing among teenagers and adults. People are free to make their own life choices. In fact, it would be a bit strange if a person stays single for too