Brave New World Analysis

In a world of test-tube babies, recreational drugs and sex, everyone is happy, or so it seems in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Written in the nineteen thirties, Huxley was already recognized as a writer, and a social satirist. He had many of his own works previously published, which included a great deal of poetry, and cutting novels.

Because Brave New World has a futuristic setting, the book may come off as fictional, but most of the issues within the book are issues we face today. Having classes for people, based on not only physical ability, but based on how they look, act, or in beliefs. Huxley’s main focus to the book was to show that not everyone is happy in the world, and you can’t force someone into living a certain way of life. He showed human misery, in a place where everything was said to be completely utopian, people were still able to be unhappy with themselves, and with their way of life.

Within the perfectly created world, everyone is content with life, except Mr. Bernard Marx. It is said that someone had put too much alcohol into his blood surrogate when being decanted. In the town of London, where Bernard lives, people are no longer ‘born’. They are no longer ‘born’ all over the world. No such things as mothers, or father. Belonging to one person for the rest of your life would be beastly. Instead, DNA is carefully screened, and perfect babies are created in little bottles, under the careful watch of scientists.

Decanting babies is no easy process, especially since every baby is classed from the day the DNA was put into the bottle. Different groups of bottles, under-go different treatments. This ensures that certain people will be good for some things, like trade work, and then others will be good for m...

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... believed the same thing would destroy the relationship of Nova Scotian people. This isn’t just for Nova Scotia either. Canadian people are generally friendlier than different parts of the country.

Within a world filled with pleasure and no moral repercussion, things are not as blissful as they seem. Opinions, thoughts and actions, based on the contentment of one person lead people into become things, instead of people with their own intelligence. Huxley’s view on the world sparked my imagination into understanding the way some societies can put pressure on people in a certain way. This book is great for the high school level, because of the topics, and the level of reading throughout the book. I recommend this book to anyone who likes to think outside the box, and get a look into different beliefs. When reading Huxley’s Brave New World, you won’t be disappointed.