Theme Of Class Hierarchy In Brave New World

The futuristic world envisioned in Aldous Huxley’s celebrated yet controversial novel, Brave New World, was indeed as horrifying as it was compelling. When Huxley’s interpretation of the “perfect world” idolised totalitarianism through the distinction between classes – where the lower classes were exempt from the spoils of this rich, clean and advanced World State – I was disgusted. Fiction or not, to know that individuality, independence and equality can be substituted for economic gain, materialism and silencing order is disturbing. Huxley’s degrading and damaging depictions of class values are indeed scary prospects for those who understand the true underlying class hierarchy of the real world.

Ladies and gentlemen, when I read this shocking tale I was overwhelmed by its contemporary relevance. The comparison between the Alpha and Beta to the western civilisation is unmistakable. Likewise, the resemblance between the Gamma, Delta and Epsilon to the deprived and poverty stricken is apparent. This class ceiling and hierarchy is in every way crystal clear. So call me foolish or fanatic, but how can a world plagued by inequality, injustice and deprivation truly claim to be anything dissimilar to this World State? When I read this novel, I was instantly reminded of the Civil Rights movement for black Americans, the

Moreover, in the eyes of this dystopia, predetermination is nothing more than a peaceful allocation of tasks to citizens. Sadly, even today, the blinded and ignorant remain adamant that this is the sole purpose of a class system –an allocation of tasks. With this said, the striking similarity between both the contemporary world and Huxley’s World State is that both have the ability to warp the minds of vulnerable to believe anything is fair. Despite this, the sick misrepresentation of the workers of the World State was never challenged, not even