MacLeod1 Brave New World Literary Essay Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is a futuristic story of a dystopian society that has rid itself of instability through science and politics, as well as the sacrifice of certain cultural values. ... Huxley has done this on purpose to reveal to the reader that knowledge of the past is needed in order for a society to learn and grow. ...
In the book Brave New World, Aldous Huxley creates two distinct societies: the Savages and the Fordians. ... Aldous Huxley's Brave New World was published in 1946. ... Throughout the novel, Huxley uses Bernard Marx, a young man who has been deformed by the government, to underline the idea that a Utopian society cannot exist. ... Huxley is also telling us to be careful with our science, or we may end up like the Utopians, mass producing identical citizens, then brainwashing them to think alike and to think exactly what the government mandates. ...
Summary The novel is set in the year 632 A.F. (After Ford). The world is ruled by World Controllers who ensure the stability of society. To do so, a caste system has been created, reaching from intelligent Alpha-Pluses to dwarfed and stupid Epsilons. A drug called soma ensures that no one ever feels pain or remains unhappy, and it is used by members of every caste. ...
