Dystopian People In George Orwell's Brave New World

Brave New World is one of the most well-known dystopian fiction novels, perhaps falling short only of Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984. Its nature, however, differs greatly from that of Orwell’s works. Unlike those dystopian novels which focus on a society in which culture is suppressed and society is lead by a strong man, Brave New World envisages a society in which people have actively forgone the creative elements of culture in the name of efficiency. Since the book was published, there is a striking increase in similarity between the behavior and opinions of people in Brave New World and people in the United States today with regard to sexual taboos, societal structure, and the importance of freedom. People in Brave New World act much like normal people in society today do, except in situations where “feeling and desire are concerned.” In the book, casual sex with multiple partners incredibly common, and one character, Helmholtz Watson, is said to have had 640 sexual partners in a span of less than four years. In the United States, a similar openness about sex has begun to pervade society. While the …show more content…
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