Conflicts In Brave New World

Brave New World Reveals Common Modern Conflicts Aldous Huxley was a successful novelist in the early to mid nineteen hundreds with Brave New World and many non-fictional novels. Earlier on in Huxley’s career he edited for magazines, such as, Oxford Poetry and published short stories and poetry. It wasn’t until after well into his mid career that he published some of his most successful works like Brave New World in 1932. Huxley wrote Brave New World with the impact of the great depression and the industrial revolution. He took everyday aspects during those times and brought them all to their extremes. This concept seems to be taken from what the industrial revolution would have been like if it continued at the same rate it was going during …show more content…
In the novel the author mentions how only a small amount of people go visit the reservation because they need consent and nobody even wants to go. Lenina wasn’t fond of Barnard 's decision to go there but when she did she was completely disgusted. “Ford! Ford! It was too revolting, in another moment she’d be sick” (107). This was Lenina’s reaction to seeing Linda because she was old. The citizens of the World state believe that there is no reason to want to visit such a horrible place, when in reality the World state is much worse. The reservation has no technological advancements and is essentially stuck in time. “The dirt, to start with, the piles of rubbish, the dust, the dogs, the files” (98). This shows that the savage reserve isn’t up to date with modern technology and most of its population have stuck to their roots and beliefs. Through they eyes of a World state citizen it is just a place that some very odd people would go to visit for fun, even though the average citizen (Lenina) would have no fun in the sort at all. Out of Bernard 's curiosity they go visit and this is where the reader is able to really see the difference between the two worlds. For example, in the World state everyone is conditioned to hate the outdoors and nature but the population of the savage reservation have stuck to their beliefs and are one with it. They have old practices and traditions that seem to distress, disgust, or even scare Lenina. Bernard takes these observations but still had an obvious amount of discomfort. “He was too startled; but he made an effort to seem unmoved” (99). This shows that even though Bernard feels like an outcast, he is still truly just another citizen brainwashed by the world