In a speech given by Malcolm X he once said, "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom," (Moncur 1). It is true that in the world created in the novel, there is no freedom, causing huge differences between this new world and the world we now live in. There are many cultural similarities and differences such as love and marriage, drug use and religion in the World state of Aldous Huxley's novel The Brave New World compared to the United States.
Love, marriage and monogamy are terms the citizens of the World State are all to unfamiliar with. In the World State humans go through a conditioning process that forces them not to love anything or anyone. Their society frowns upon any type of marriage or commitment for a long period of time. They live in a virtually disease free environment so they are encouraged to be very promiscuous. The lower castes of the society go as far as attending what is called a community sing. Here, each civilian chants and the community sing eventually turns into a community orgy. These values are the complete opposite when compared with the main stream citizens of the United States. In the United States, love in most cases, is one of the strongest and most influential emotions a person can have. True love, in one form or the other, is the reason for many people to keep going and to live their lives. In the novel, the character John who has similar beliefs and morals as the people of the United States, tries to explain the idea of marriage to the character Lenina, who lives in the World State. "For always. They make a promise to live together for always," says John. Lenina responds with, ""What a horrible idea!" Lenina was genuinely shocked" (Huxley 195). Marriage is a bond between two people that shows a commitment that will last forever. Without love and marriage the world would be meaningless and that is exactly what Huxley's futile Utopia has come to be.
