We live where there is greed, poverty, war, inequality and so much more. We seek the assistance of leadership to provide us with security, food, and happiness. But what happens when we leave it up to them to decide for us? In the book Brave New World, the author Aldous Huxley explores the possible answer, which was mainly influenced by the events that were occurring at the time.
Brave New World was written in 1931 and published in 1932. During the time that Huxley wrote this book he had experienced many events that were influential to his writing. In the 1920’s the U.S. economy was expanding and booming, but it was only short lived. In 1929, the day after black Tuesday, the Stock Market crashed and with it came the Great Depression (Stock Market). At the time, unemployment was soaring with around 15 million people without jobs and poverty was rising (Stock Market). …show more content…
Margaret Sanger was the leading influence in this movement and the creator of Planned Parenthood (Grossina, Arina). She believed that parents should not procreate if they had any diseases or a criminal background (Grossina, Arina). She was also an advocate for birth control (Grossina, Arina). In this story women were not allowed to have children and were sterilized. Humans were engineered to be free of all diseases or “sin”, as Sanger would call it (Grossina, Arina). Everyone belonged to everyone in this story. Couples, relationships, and family do not exist because the government had created the “perfect” human that would only live to serve society.
Brave New World is a thought provoking story that makes one question what is happening around them. Aldous Huxley questioned his and brilliantly wrote a novel as his answer. He gave light to the possibility that governments could one day abuse their power through our ignorance. Ironically, this occurred with Hitler not long after this book was
Brave New World was written in 1931 and published in 1932. During the time that Huxley wrote this book he had experienced many events that were influential to his writing. In the 1920’s the U.S. economy was expanding and booming, but it was only short lived. In 1929, the day after black Tuesday, the Stock Market crashed and with it came the Great Depression (Stock Market). At the time, unemployment was soaring with around 15 million people without jobs and poverty was rising (Stock Market). …show more content…
Margaret Sanger was the leading influence in this movement and the creator of Planned Parenthood (Grossina, Arina). She believed that parents should not procreate if they had any diseases or a criminal background (Grossina, Arina). She was also an advocate for birth control (Grossina, Arina). In this story women were not allowed to have children and were sterilized. Humans were engineered to be free of all diseases or “sin”, as Sanger would call it (Grossina, Arina). Everyone belonged to everyone in this story. Couples, relationships, and family do not exist because the government had created the “perfect” human that would only live to serve society.
Brave New World is a thought provoking story that makes one question what is happening around them. Aldous Huxley questioned his and brilliantly wrote a novel as his answer. He gave light to the possibility that governments could one day abuse their power through our ignorance. Ironically, this occurred with Hitler not long after this book was