This is because Huxley deliberately endows his "ideal" society with features likely to alienate his audience. ... Aldous Huxley's vision of the future is a world in which totalitarian regimes dominate the realm of real world politics. ... Huxley makes an emphasis on the over use of drugs that manipulate with our emotions "Christianity without tears that is what soma is... Huxley plays on these anxieties to devastating effect. ... For it is Huxley who neither knows nor understands the glory of what lies ahead. ...

• Word Count: 1418
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1534
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 2125
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School