Personal Relationships In Brave New World

In the Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, a fictional story is told about a utopian society. In the society, there are five caste systems and everyone in each system is considered equally important. The higher systems are taught that the lower systems matter just as much because somebody has to do the jobs that they perform. In the society, the only emotion is happiness and that is achieved by personal relationships. However, the personal relationships of the Brave New World society contrast greatly to those of the society today. In the society of Brave New World, personal relationships are just short meaningless dates. Sometimes they involve the “feelies”, which are similar to movie theatres, buy they always involve sex. It is looked up upon to sleep around with as many people as they can. It is considered bad to have one guy that you sleep with multiple times without mixing it up between other people. Sex causes happiness and pleasure and that’s why the Director promotes it. To ensure their happiness, soma is given out in abundance. Soma is a drug that is used to prevent any negative thoughts. Also, there aren’t any family values in the Brave New World society. Mother and father are nearly …show more content…
The main cause of this difference is religion. In today’s world, Christianity is a very common religion. God wants men and women to marry and then sleep together to create a family. He also wants them to love each other deeply before either of these happen. Christianity sets guidelines for relationships and gives them a purpose. With many religions, there are still many morals that are put into practice. However, in the Brave New World society, there isn’t any religion. Once again, it is the right thing to do to sleep around and not love someone. The fact that they don’t have religion keeps them from emotion and also personal