The ideal world one imagines is almost never the present world. Humans are instead visioning the future and what it holds. In a utopian world, every single person in the world is happy, content in what and who they are; the world is in a constant state of harmony, there are no wars and there is no disruption to daily life, and there is no struggle to live. The dystopian world in Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley warns against the possibilities that the future may comprise in an evolving human race, which is not far from reality, while humans reach for the utopian world. Brave New World’s dystopia, although unlike in its new world morals and values to the present, consists of coincidental technological advancements to the present world.
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In the present day, world leaders withhold information about serious conflicts that could affect the population; it is not always a negative thing, in fact, sometimes withholding information is the best way of keeping the population safe and prevents panic. The way leaders control the news is to control all types of media, including television, radio, the internet, and newspapers. There are also movies or books that shed light into some less obvious subjects. Although the internet, the most used source today, was not present in the 1930s and not mentioned in Brave New World, modern technology like the piloted helicopter, not capable in the 1930s, is accurate. Sex is one of the most influential control tactics in Brave New World as it is the most natural act in the dystopian society. Sex is encouraged between humans of all ages and seen less of a reproductive manner and more for recreational purposes. The social relations between everyone is infinite as “every one belongs to every one else” (Huxley 43), but each has no relationship to one another. Traditional “rules” in sexuality have all been reversed. Religion is profane; the A.D (anno domini) is replaced by the World State’s new creator A.F (anno Ford). The dystopia prohibits religion because religion guides humans with morals and values that would eventually take over society. World Controllers, although not directly, instill some fear into the population by threatening them with the “savage reservation”. Detaining the past in a reservation and acknowledging that it exists, the World Controllers persuade the population to trust in the era of Ford. Similarly, Indian Reservations remind Americans of our past and our progression to the future of the country. The World State also punishes originality by transferring original thinkers to Iceland, where they are forced to live without soma. Although Huxley’s dystopia warns against the dangers of a
In the present day, world leaders withhold information about serious conflicts that could affect the population; it is not always a negative thing, in fact, sometimes withholding information is the best way of keeping the population safe and prevents panic. The way leaders control the news is to control all types of media, including television, radio, the internet, and newspapers. There are also movies or books that shed light into some less obvious subjects. Although the internet, the most used source today, was not present in the 1930s and not mentioned in Brave New World, modern technology like the piloted helicopter, not capable in the 1930s, is accurate. Sex is one of the most influential control tactics in Brave New World as it is the most natural act in the dystopian society. Sex is encouraged between humans of all ages and seen less of a reproductive manner and more for recreational purposes. The social relations between everyone is infinite as “every one belongs to every one else” (Huxley 43), but each has no relationship to one another. Traditional “rules” in sexuality have all been reversed. Religion is profane; the A.D (anno domini) is replaced by the World State’s new creator A.F (anno Ford). The dystopia prohibits religion because religion guides humans with morals and values that would eventually take over society. World Controllers, although not directly, instill some fear into the population by threatening them with the “savage reservation”. Detaining the past in a reservation and acknowledging that it exists, the World Controllers persuade the population to trust in the era of Ford. Similarly, Indian Reservations remind Americans of our past and our progression to the future of the country. The World State also punishes originality by transferring original thinkers to Iceland, where they are forced to live without soma. Although Huxley’s dystopia warns against the dangers of a