Utopian Society In Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World

In the novel Brave New World, the author, Aldous Huxley, creates a seemingly utopian society, called the World State. The World State is devoid of all aspects of today’s society (which is referred to as “pre-modern” times) that promote individualism, including art, music, poetry, religion, and live birth. Instead of being born as a result of sexual intercourse, children are manufactured in laboratories and “decanted” from bottles when they are sufficiently developed. The only place on Earth where pre-modern traditions still exist are on “Savage Reservations”, the World State’s name for Native American Reservations. Living on one of these reservations is John, a young man whose mother was originally from the World State society, but got injured …show more content…
The two engage in an argument about the conditions of society and whether or not the way the World State was created was proper. John believes that society is better off with the conditions that the pre-moderns endured, while Mond argues that having social stability is more important than individual happiness. Huxley asks the reader to consider the potential advantages and disadvantages of both pre-modern society and the World State, and ultimately decide which set of conditions is more appealing. Huxley juxtaposes the viewpoints of the World State with those of the pre-modern society in regards to religion, technology, culture, and individualism. He calls upon the readers to make their own choices regarding which type of society they desire to live in and ultimately posits that although mankind is doomed to be unhappy, the choice of how an individual chooses to live unhappily is truly a personal …show more content…
In the final paragraph of the passage, Huxley repeats the word “you”, which directly asks the reader to make a choice between a world with suffering and the possibility of true happiness and a world without any suffering and artificial happiness. Huxley’s ultimate conclusion is that either way, no one will ever achieve completely real and total happiness, but at least in the world today, people have the choice to determine how they want to suffer, which is ultimately superior to suffering without a choice. Readers are urged by Huxley to develop their own values to determine the society they want to live in and presents two options and outcomes for the future of society through Mond and