In 1932, Europe encountered a huge chaos due to the Great Depression originated from America. Homeless people were everywhere and middle classes were facing bankruptcy. Governments’ power were declining; therefore, people sought for a more competent government. A 38-year old British man, Aldous Huxley, was worried. Inspired by the invention of the first Ford Car, he thought such government would rule with a high-tech method instead of military to save countries from corrupting. Therefore, the goal of the country would be to generate wealth. To reach that goal, government would encourage the public to consume. Eventually, the human race would be changed by the new world to fit in. Inspired by this idea, Mr. Huxley wrote the famous
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It is a totally imaginary world. However, it was tightly bound to the events when it was written. In early 1930, Europe was still in the Great Depression. At the same time, people began to benefit from advancement in technologies. They realized what science could bring them. To maximize that benefit, the society has to be stable. However, humans are weak and unstable: everything can easily influence a human, from illness to war, even one’s love life. The instability of individuals can influence the whole society. Therefore, people in 1930s want stability, and that is all what the Brave New World about. Aldous Huxley created a perfect world that everything is stable: They eliminated every form of emotion; they used sex to replace love. They made people to have the desire to buy. They made people never look old. However, Mr. Huxley didn’t write this book to praise how great this new world is. He wrote this book to warn others not to walk on this wrong path. The society appeared perfect on the surface, but deep inside it was totally corrupted. Human were not human anymore. They were parts of the whole system, like a gear in a huge machine, or a zombie ant in the whole ant society. They lose themselves because they don’t have an identity. Everybody is the …show more content…
They tried everything: they made the most advanced aircraft that can bring people everywhere. They invented interesting sports like Electro-magnetic. They did everything to fulfill human’s material satisfaction. However, they couldn’t stop human nature: the eagerness of spiritual satisfaction. The strong will to fulfill their spirit. Technology couldn’t do that; it couldn’t change people mentally. So they invented soma to eliminate sadness. Soma was a new version of opium, but it doesn’t cause any damage to the human body. So people can use it freely. Once people take this drug, they will fall asleep and forget every frustration they have. “One cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy sentiments.”(Chapter 3, Kindle) This sentence was repeated by most of the characters throughout the whole book. It shows how much people depend on soma in their routine life. Because of this drug, people finally lost the only humanity they have left and become a part of the big machine of society. The Brave New World is a prediction by Mr. Huxley about our future, and it is gradually becoming true. It is not going to be as corrupt as the books talks about, but we are definitely on the right track to become those human in the new world. With the development of the technology, people are losing themselves and put material satisfaction over spiritual satisfaction.
It is a totally imaginary world. However, it was tightly bound to the events when it was written. In early 1930, Europe was still in the Great Depression. At the same time, people began to benefit from advancement in technologies. They realized what science could bring them. To maximize that benefit, the society has to be stable. However, humans are weak and unstable: everything can easily influence a human, from illness to war, even one’s love life. The instability of individuals can influence the whole society. Therefore, people in 1930s want stability, and that is all what the Brave New World about. Aldous Huxley created a perfect world that everything is stable: They eliminated every form of emotion; they used sex to replace love. They made people to have the desire to buy. They made people never look old. However, Mr. Huxley didn’t write this book to praise how great this new world is. He wrote this book to warn others not to walk on this wrong path. The society appeared perfect on the surface, but deep inside it was totally corrupted. Human were not human anymore. They were parts of the whole system, like a gear in a huge machine, or a zombie ant in the whole ant society. They lose themselves because they don’t have an identity. Everybody is the …show more content…
They tried everything: they made the most advanced aircraft that can bring people everywhere. They invented interesting sports like Electro-magnetic. They did everything to fulfill human’s material satisfaction. However, they couldn’t stop human nature: the eagerness of spiritual satisfaction. The strong will to fulfill their spirit. Technology couldn’t do that; it couldn’t change people mentally. So they invented soma to eliminate sadness. Soma was a new version of opium, but it doesn’t cause any damage to the human body. So people can use it freely. Once people take this drug, they will fall asleep and forget every frustration they have. “One cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy sentiments.”(Chapter 3, Kindle) This sentence was repeated by most of the characters throughout the whole book. It shows how much people depend on soma in their routine life. Because of this drug, people finally lost the only humanity they have left and become a part of the big machine of society. The Brave New World is a prediction by Mr. Huxley about our future, and it is gradually becoming true. It is not going to be as corrupt as the books talks about, but we are definitely on the right track to become those human in the new world. With the development of the technology, people are losing themselves and put material satisfaction over spiritual satisfaction.