Brave New World Downfall

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Brave New World By: Aldous Huxley Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Date Published: 1932 Genre: Science Fiction Summary: “Brave New World” is in a futuristic world where babies are no longer born they are produced in hatcheries or embryo factories. This society is based on a caste system with five castes and the higher class, the more important the role and the lower the more menial roles. Bernard Marx one of the main characters is unsatisfied with his role in society so he invites Lenina Crowne to the savage reservation. They visit for a week and meet John Savage another main character. Bernard brings John and his mom Linda back to the New World. Bernard figures out that John is the director of the New World’s son. Since having kids in …show more content…

During his incubation birth, there was a mistake when conditioning him to be in the Alpha caste. This is why he is more emotional and shorter than other Alpha members. This may also be why he is unsatisfied with his spot in his caste. Since Bernard is curious about the reservation he gets to take a vacation there and he invites Lenina to go with him. That is when he meets John. In the story, readers may think Bernard is a hero but he uses John and his mother to get a higher status in the society. He gets popular from bringing them to the New World, then all the focus is on John, so to get the focus back on Bernard in a way he blackmailed him. Since Bernard is an outcast he is friends with Helmholtz who is also an outcast of their society. In the end, Bernard and Helmholtz are exiled because they can’t function in the New World society. Central Conflict: In “Brave New World” the conflict is Man vs. Society because it is a futuristic society where a boy John is against the New World society that he wasn’t raised in. John revolts against the government and causes a lot of chaos in the society. In the end, the society wins because John commits suicide since he can’t handle the corrupt society. …show more content…

Babies are born from incubators and conditioned to fit in one of the five castes. Most of the population is satisfied with this society because that is what they are raised in and what is normal to them but not to everyone. For the most part the book was great! I loved the plot line and how the society was set up. The things I didn’t like was that the beginning was very slow and slightly confusing. “Told them of the growing embryo on its bed of peritoneum. Made them taste the rich blood surrogate on which it fed. Explained why it had to be stimulated with placentin and thyroxin. Told them of the corpus luteum extract” (Huxley 12). This quote is when they are describing the Hatchery. Just from this little quote it shows how the beginning may be confusing and that it is very scientific. The first 50 pages of the book is all about describing the Hatchery, incubation, and conditioning process, which for me didn’t even relate to the “main” plot line. The writing style of the author was not very appealing to me. I felt that when I was reading it made me more confused because of how the writing was worded. I did really like the main idea of the book, the plot line, and how it relates to how our society is advancing rapidly in the technology and science category. It

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