Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley explores the concept of a utopian and human perfection in his novel, Brave New World. The story is about a world in which controllers have created order for the citizens of the world. They have also gained obedience from practically every person. Children are no longer born, they are grown. In these factories, children are conditioned and brainwashed into becoming whatever the Controllers, the leaders of this global government, wish them to be. As such a society in which everyone has a place and a purpose is born. No one is unhappy because the men and women have been conditioned to love their place in life. The motto of this new world is community, identity, and stability. By promoting these three goals, Controllers gained dominance over every aspect of human life.

In the world created by Aldous Huxley, community plays a vital part of everyday life and with a strong community the Controllers had more stability. Since cultivation humans have been subjected to brainwashing. By playing messages over and over during the children’s sleep certain ideas and actions become ingrained in their heads. “We make them hate solitude; and we arrange their lives so that it’s almost impossible for them to ever have it.” (pg. 211) With everyone always in contact with others like themselves, new ideas and thoughts dangerous to the Controllers are discouraged. One of the characters in Brave New World is Bernard Marx. Bernard is unique. Bernard is considered by others to be ugly and stunted. His looks isolate him from the community. Bernard also has different views on the concept of love than his fellow citizens. Despite all these differences Bernard still yearns for contact. When Bernard became affiliated with John,...

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The ultimate desire of the world government is to have absolute control and that control can gained through enforcing their creed, community, identity, and stability. The government instills a strong sense of community in its citizens in order to prevent any independent thoughts. By being with likeminded individuals all the time, people are less likely to form their own opinions. The world government also establishes a caste system in order to create a sense of purpose in the minds of the citizens. Finally the government has eliminated anything unpredictable. By removing disease, war, famine, and the like, the world government has a greater sense of control. By promoting the three principles the Controllers have created a situation that they believe is a happy, utopian society.

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Brave New World Aldous Huxley