The World State In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

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In the novel “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, Huxley has created a world in which they live in a dystopian society. There are many similarities and differences in our world and the world state. In Brave New World, the world state has attempted to reduce the chances of overpopulation so, they controlled the society that they live in. Many people argue that there are more differences than similarities, but I disagree. I feel like there are many similarities from our world to the world state. In our world society has expectations for what is right or wrong for a person to do. For example, we expect children not to have sexual intercourse until the age of eighteen. It is expected to stick to one significant other rather than constantly interchanging partners. Unlike the expectations of our world, the world state expects …show more content…
Fanny had a conversation with Lenina about her and Bernards relationship. Fanny justifies to Lenina, “one’s got to make an effort- one’s got to play the game. After all, everyone belongs to everyone else”(3.12-13). When Fanny says that she’s telling Lenia to go out and sleep with more guys. She’s trying to motivate her to sleep with other guys besides Bernard because, having many partners is the “normal” thing to do in the world state. The world state hypnotizes their society at a young age, around five or six, to persuade them that they are all one and they belong to each other. Along with introducing the idea of sex at a young age. In chapter three, they introduce errotic play to the young. In their society they feel like starting at a young age is going to make sexual interactions, not seem like its a big deal later on. With that being said, it also is leading to the idea the world state has, “everyone belongs to everyone”. In our world like the world state, we both have social classes in a way. In our world we

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