Comparison: A Brave New World and 1984
A dystopia is a futuristic, imagined universe that consists of life in an extremely bad tyranny characterized by human oppression and deprivation through the illusion of a perfect society sustained by totalitarian or other form of control. The novels 1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley both reveal dystopian societies controlled by totalitarianism. Orwell and Huxley both incorporate authoritarian elites, individuality being suppressed, and support the idea that people can get brainwashed; although both show different views on how a dystopian society would be organized and the details and how the story is told varies greatly, they succeed to show characteristics on how a dystopian society would look from the inside and out. …show more content…
In 1984, “Big Brother” is the leader of the citizens. With propaganda they have forced citizens to worship Big Brother and to make them believe that big brother is here to protect them and create a kind of utopia. The fear of Big Brother watching you, flaunted around on posters, is prevalent in the first page of the novel. “Big Brother Is Watching You, the caption beneath it ran” (Orwell 2). This creates a society of fear and a feeling of always being watched. This puts people that embrace extraneous ideas in place, in order to maintain the uniform stable society that is presented in both books. . Likewise, A Brave New World has a figurehead that is a group of people, “The World Controllers,” though only one, Mustapha Mond, is introduced in the story. He says he can “make the laws here,” and “can also break them” (Huxley 192). The figureheads of these two dystopian novels use propaganda to remain in power and obtain influence over the people they control. Therefore, Orwell and Huxley both had the same idea of a dystopian society having a
A dystopia is a futuristic, imagined universe that consists of life in an extremely bad tyranny characterized by human oppression and deprivation through the illusion of a perfect society sustained by totalitarian or other form of control. The novels 1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley both reveal dystopian societies controlled by totalitarianism. Orwell and Huxley both incorporate authoritarian elites, individuality being suppressed, and support the idea that people can get brainwashed; although both show different views on how a dystopian society would be organized and the details and how the story is told varies greatly, they succeed to show characteristics on how a dystopian society would look from the inside and out. …show more content…
In 1984, “Big Brother” is the leader of the citizens. With propaganda they have forced citizens to worship Big Brother and to make them believe that big brother is here to protect them and create a kind of utopia. The fear of Big Brother watching you, flaunted around on posters, is prevalent in the first page of the novel. “Big Brother Is Watching You, the caption beneath it ran” (Orwell 2). This creates a society of fear and a feeling of always being watched. This puts people that embrace extraneous ideas in place, in order to maintain the uniform stable society that is presented in both books. . Likewise, A Brave New World has a figurehead that is a group of people, “The World Controllers,” though only one, Mustapha Mond, is introduced in the story. He says he can “make the laws here,” and “can also break them” (Huxley 192). The figureheads of these two dystopian novels use propaganda to remain in power and obtain influence over the people they control. Therefore, Orwell and Huxley both had the same idea of a dystopian society having a