Examples Of Social Stability In Brave New World

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Aldous Huxley often criticized the world around him and it reflected in his works Brave New World. Huxley, fearful of what society would turn into, modeled this novel after his concern for the future. This story takes place in London, England where a society of individuals are created and born into their roles. Although everybody has a role in this world, it is everlasting and individuals are locked into their social class for life, with no opportunity for advancement. The main idea behind this is that everyone would sacrifice their freedom for happiness. A drug called soma provides instant happiness for everyone that is feeling down, and everyone has access to it. This novel displays the downfall of a world without freedom and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is an example of how social stability affects a society through dreams and goals, personal relationships, morals and values. First, a world with social stability affects the dreams and goals of all who reside in it. In the Brave New World, everyone is born into their roles in order to ameliorate class warfare and conflict. Huxley’s portrayal of our future classes is explained in this novel when the Director explains about their society: “We also predestine and condition. We decant our babies as socialized human
Each person in the Brave New World is conditioned to think a certain way, and this influences how others think of each other before they meet. In Brave New World’s civilization, stability is the foundation, as it is stated here: “’Stability,’ said the Controller, ‘Stability. No civilization without social stability. No social stability without individual stability’”(Huxley 42). Each individual and how they socialize is revolved around this theme, and it has a large impact on the relationships that they make. Then, while being sleep taught, children hear this phrase a myriad of

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