Dystopian Elements In Brave New World

The genre I studied this year was dystopia because I've always been facinated with the different possible futures that have been created by numerous authors and directors that have been portrayed in their work. Our future is uncertain but there are common aspects in all dystopian pieces which combine to create an extremely real and believable future. All the dystopia pieces I studied were set in similar places in time and place, had at least one memorable character who tried to fight against society and all had the same authors/directors purpose. The texts I used for my study were: 2081 directed by Chandler Tuttle, Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep written by Philip. K. Dick and also Looper Directed

Dystopia as a genre is set in the future and on an earth where governments control and suppress the population for a 'better world'. Often a global event or disaster has lead to a future where everyone is monitered and controlled to the point where you can't live a normal life. The future worlds are not ones that anyone would not want to live in due to freedom being completely taken away from individuals. The setting of dystopia is allows readers and audiences to have a look into the future and see what it's going to be like, if the world changes for the worse. Tuttle's 2081 shows us a dark and scary future where everyone is handicapped by intruments so the population of the world has the same abilities as each other. Individuals can be “ a genius and an athlete, underhandicapped and considered extremely dangerous” which in todays society would be seen as a very successful person in society. This is done to retain a stable society as no one is better than anyone else and in 65 years time, any sort of unequality could lead to a global disaster. Much like 2081, Brave New World is set in 2540, a future where humans are artificially created to be perfect. Society has now changed and normal things like becoming pregnant is fround upon as it would create imperfections in the bloodline. The setting of these pieces is similar to eachother as they both show a

The characters are followed exploring and discovering the world they live in, only to find the ugly side of what they thought was the perfect world. The characters are made to think and act in the same way the audience and readers are feeling to create a feeling of being inside the novel or film. An example of this was Joe from Johnson's Looper when he failed to 'take out' his future self. Joe knew that if his future self lived at the same time as his currrent self, it would create a rip in the fabric of time. Despite the pressure from his boss, Joe didnt turn himself in as he wanted to fix the situation himself, “i'm gonna fix this! I'm gonna find him, and I'm gonna kill him”. In this case the gang leader of Joe's gang was controlling him and was forcing him to give himself up and make things easy by killing his current self. Joe refused and chose to take matters into his own hands and fix the problem himself. This contrasts from John, who is a 'savage' in the novel; Brave New World. John lives in a savage village where they act as we do today doing everyday normal things. He is introduced into the 'civilised' community and is instantly disgusted by the way their society works. John fears for the state of humanity because they are no longer having children naturally and are encouraged to have sex with numerous partners