While there are many things alike between Aldous Huxley's book "Brave New World" and George Orwell's book "1984", they are just as similar as they are different. These two books are both dystopian novels giving warnings about the future. They portray a society that if given the choice, nobody would want to live in them. In both novels, the main characters are rebellious against the government and both societies take major control of their citizens. On the other hand, in "Brave New World" the people are separated into different classes based on skill and in "1984" everyone is on the bottom, living in poverty. The main character of ""Brave New World"" towards the end of the novel is John. He is a very interesting character because he still
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In "Brave New World", the government does everything in their power to prevent any type of individuality. One way they obtain this is by taking away any negative thoughts by giving the people soma. In "1984" they attempt to do the same thing, but with a different method. They have a system where there are thought police. These select few people can tell what you are thinking and any of your bad or negative thoughts of Big Brother or the Party can lead you to serious trouble. They lived by the saying “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength” Even though all these words contradict each other they were made to believe whatever they were told. In "Brave New World", birth is another thing overly controlled. They need everything so orderly that they genetically design the babies to fit into different categories. In the novel it said, "The lower the caste," said Mr. Foster, "the shorter the oxygen." The first organ affected was the brain. After that the skeleton. At seventy per cent of normal oxygen you got dwarfs. At less than seventy eyeless monsters." This explains the process the scientists use to differentiate the children. An additional way "1984" institutes control is how they control all of the history and even make changes to it. By doing this, they can get rid of anyone not obeying the laws and get rid of them from history books, pretending they never
In "Brave New World", the government does everything in their power to prevent any type of individuality. One way they obtain this is by taking away any negative thoughts by giving the people soma. In "1984" they attempt to do the same thing, but with a different method. They have a system where there are thought police. These select few people can tell what you are thinking and any of your bad or negative thoughts of Big Brother or the Party can lead you to serious trouble. They lived by the saying “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength” Even though all these words contradict each other they were made to believe whatever they were told. In "Brave New World", birth is another thing overly controlled. They need everything so orderly that they genetically design the babies to fit into different categories. In the novel it said, "The lower the caste," said Mr. Foster, "the shorter the oxygen." The first organ affected was the brain. After that the skeleton. At seventy per cent of normal oxygen you got dwarfs. At less than seventy eyeless monsters." This explains the process the scientists use to differentiate the children. An additional way "1984" institutes control is how they control all of the history and even make changes to it. By doing this, they can get rid of anyone not obeying the laws and get rid of them from history books, pretending they never