Truth And Deception In Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

Karl Marx, a theorist who examined the societal values and orders, ultimately came to the conclusion that human history was composed of a level of struggles between different classes. The main motivator for humans is “historical materialism” which is associated with wealth, gain, and resources. Marx believed that when factories were created with no progress and investment, the workers just ended up getting poorer and poorer until there was no incentive to work. To fix this problem, Marx came up with “Marxism” which was an economic system that eradicated the entire class system and was self-governed. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley highlights the parallels between the individual and the society and truth and deception. Taking place …show more content…
This contrast is used to emphasize the importance of truth in a society. The citizens of the future London in Brave New World are hidden from the truth and reality of the purpose of life. The purpose of life is to see if we would individually and collectively survive and succeed. It is about individuality and John the Savage symbolizes this through the loss of his faith in restoring truth in his society and him isolating himself completely in the realization that merely his determination alone is not enough to make an impact in the world. Marxism, also the basis of Communism, uses deception to lure in its followers. The citizens do not know that they are living an inferior life than what they can actually live; they think that they are living happily and equally, when in reality, equality actually brings self-worthlessness. Douglas Grudzina, a literary criticism writer, stated that Marxism is “the rallying cry of the poor and oppressed all over the world” because the poor wanted to be equal (Grudzina). Huxley takes on the idea that the new London transforms people into thinking that easy happiness is the route to take for success and makes a negative connotation towards …show more content…
Bertell Ollman, a teacher at New York University, introduced that the purpose of Brave New World was to criticize “the misshapen form of socialism” in the Soviet Union at the time that it was written (Ollman). On the surface, Huxley went by the quote, “community, identity, stability” (Huxley 1) which meant that we must live to serve our society in order to live in comfort and happiness. He then stripped layer by layer off, to finalize his argument that we must not sacrifice freedom for happiness and