The Unavoidable Reality of the Death of Marriage The “Roaring Twenties” was a grand era in American history. Women were able to vote after the 19th amendment passed. World War I ended. The economy was booming, as more Americans lived in the city rather than the farms. More women chose to become independent rather than counting on a man to bring home the income. More men chose to be independent as well to party more and hang out with “flappers.” In the book “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, Huxley envisions the mockery of the future idea of Marriage with relationships possessing no emotional connection. Those in the new world who do feel love for another are seen as crazy and non-native. In Brave New World, Bernard and John are outsiders in that they want more than just sex in a relationship. After the “orgy-porgy” in chapter 5, Bernard says
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When the director was giving kids a tour of the laboratory, he began to talk about the introduction of sleep-teaching and Rueben Rabinovitch. When talking about Rueben, he talked about the pre-Ford’s idea of parents: “the parents were the father and the mother […] [t]hese, […] are unpleasant facts; I know it. But then most historical facts are unpleasant” (Huxley 24). The boys even laughed at the idea that in the past kids had a mother and a father. In Huxley’s time, it seemed to be the opposite. The idea was that the men were the breadwinner and the women were the housewife to take care of the kids. It was considered the normal to be married. When the 19th amendment took place on August 18th, 1920, women were finally considered equal to men. Women’s suffrage was over. The spark for independence began, and the divorce rate went up and the marriage rate went down(Swanson). Huxley must have noticed the trend, but he stayed with doing something that the director would awfully be mad at him
When the director was giving kids a tour of the laboratory, he began to talk about the introduction of sleep-teaching and Rueben Rabinovitch. When talking about Rueben, he talked about the pre-Ford’s idea of parents: “the parents were the father and the mother […] [t]hese, […] are unpleasant facts; I know it. But then most historical facts are unpleasant” (Huxley 24). The boys even laughed at the idea that in the past kids had a mother and a father. In Huxley’s time, it seemed to be the opposite. The idea was that the men were the breadwinner and the women were the housewife to take care of the kids. It was considered the normal to be married. When the 19th amendment took place on August 18th, 1920, women were finally considered equal to men. Women’s suffrage was over. The spark for independence began, and the divorce rate went up and the marriage rate went down(Swanson). Huxley must have noticed the trend, but he stayed with doing something that the director would awfully be mad at him