New World

happiness. People tend to confuse money and other material things with happiness and other necessities in life that allow humans to really live. In Brave New World, there is a society, known as the World State, which mistakes human values for science, and believes that one cannot have all necessary values at once. There are three characters in the World State Society, Helmholtz, Bernard, and John, who criticize the quality of their lives due to relations between freedom and stability, power and…

utopias. And perhaps a new century begins there, a century where an intellectual and cultured class will dream of ways to avoid utopias and return to a non-utopian society, less ‘perfect’ more free. (Huxley V) A utopian society was previously considered as an imaginary or unreal place. However, the technological advancements that have taken place in the 20th century have made utopias achievable. Berdiaeff was the one who observed these advancements and he expressed…

In “Brave New World” the people express themselves in many different ways. At one point in time, things became so bad and distressed that everyone thought it would be better for universal stability if the things that made them unique were taken away. Without emotions or emotional attachments then there is no chaos and things would run much more smoothly. This is how this society was formed. They are conditioned from birth, using hypnopaedia or ‘sleep-teaching’ and electroshock therapy, to not…

John, Bernard, and Helmholtz in a “Brave New World”. “Brave New World” was written by Aldous Huxley. This book was set in a Dystopian future where people are cloned in the World State Society because procreating is frowned upon, and even the word mom is considered smut. Even though sex is normal and have rituals for it. They even use soma a drug that makes you feel happy and makes you forget all your other feelings. There are many things wrong with the World State Society, such as theirs no…

In 1931 when Brave New World was written, Aldous Huxley told about the future after the assembly line was invented. When comparing the story to modern America, there were many similarities and differences. Huxley took things he saw throughout his own life and used them in his story. Society in the World State was very different from the society in the United States today, but there are aspects from the story that hold some truth. In the World State it was a normal to die. People willingly…

Huxley, Brave New World. The main characters in this novel are John and Linda. John is the son of Linda and he shows us the role of promiscuity in this novel. Promiscuity is considered a common thing in the World State while monogamy is very rare and very hard to find. John shows us the importance of monogamy because he opposes the actions of promiscuity in the World State. John is a young male who is unlike anyone else in the World State, he has a mother. Having parents in the World State is…

the novel, Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley describes a perfect Utopian society that was created by the World State in order to achieve a state of stability. The artificial society dehumanizes mankind to attain the world state’s motto, “community, identity, stability” Huxley’s fictional world is maneuvered with a brainwashing system very similar to a factory where how everything is controlled. After successfully manipulating every single aspect to creating a “happy” world it comes at a…

which furthers his alienation from others. Bernard’s traits bring him alienation but also enrichment. His different mental, physical, and emotional stature allow him to experience places, people and more like no other Alphas ever will. In the Brave New World physical stature is crucial for the Alphas. The Alphas are born leaders and their size depicts that. Bernard, however, lacks the physical appearances that other Alphas…

Importance of Suffering The novel, Brave New World, is based on a utopian society run on the foundation of conditioning that has ran for many generation and the prevention of disorder. The technological advances of society allowed for several different class levels, and cloning of eggs into multiple identical twins, usually for the lower classes. As a result of the deep conditioning, everyone lived with the idea that everyone belongs to each other and nobody is supposedly unhappy or suffering.…

A Better New World The Brave New World was a failed attempt at paradise. It’s failure came about the classic casus belli that the ends justify the means. When you have the impossible end of perfection, you have the impossible means of oppression. The very idea of perfection is just a lullaby that sends our brains into slumber, allowing it, and by extension, us the ability to ignore the fact that perfection is impossible. The very attempt to create perfection could be considered a…