Huxley's Message in Brave New World

Huxley's Hidden Message

Aldous Huxley has a humanistic, deep and enlightened view of how society should be, and of what constitutes true happiness. In his novel, Brave New World, he shows his ideas in a very obscure manner. Huxley presents his ideas in a satirical fashion. This sarcastic style of writing helped Huxley show his views in a very captivating and insightful manner. The entire novel describes a dystopia in which intimate relationships, the ability to choose one's destiny, and the importance of family are strictly opposed. In Huxley's mind, however, these three principles are highly regarded as necessary for a meaningful and fulfilling existence.

Intimacy and Relationships are a major theme in Brave New World. In the New World Society, people are encouraged to act promiscuously. When Lenina's friend, Fanny, hears of Lenina's four month affair with Henry, she responds with disdain and surprise: "It's such horribly bad form to go on and on like this with one man" (Huxley 41). In the New World Society, a young woman like Lenina should be constantly switching partners. Sex, much like the society's feel-good drug soma, is a very instant form of gratification. Building a long term relationship can be emotionally taxing, something that society in Brave New World opposes. Why spend time trying to build deep and intimate relations with a person, when happiness can easily be achieved through multiple partners and constant satisfaction? This philosophy, of course, is the opposite of what Huxley truly believes about love. Deep and profound joy can only be found in true love, achieved through patience and commitment, which seems to be absent in the society of Brave New World. Huxley believes that Humans need long term relations...

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...blunder of promiscuousness, predestination, and anti-familial sentiments, Huxley brings out his underlying message of what he believes is true happiness. The author's unique approach to showing what he thinks is the opposite of pleasure and contentment is done through a dystopia in which society is blissfully ignorant of the more profound and significant things in life. Huxley uses certain characters as symbols of opposition to this society and better reveals his true opinion, which is that humanity is nothing without depth and emotion. Intimacy and profound attachment to others, a strong sense of one's ability to have power over their destiny, and close family ties comprise a person's true happiness and well-being. These basic yet important principals of Huxley's can transcend any culture or way of life and can even be considered universal pathways to true happiness.