Does Aldous Huxley Create A Dystopian Society In Brave New World

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Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World takes place in a futuristic, dystopian society. Here, people aren’t born, they’re genetically engineered to fit a certain caste and take their place in society. Everything in society had been running smoothly until Bernard and Lenina take a trip to the Reservation in New Mexico, home to the so-called “savages.” Here, they meet John. Unlike all of the other savages in the Reservation, John’s mother is from the civilized world, so he never quite fits

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