Diversity In Brave New World

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Self proclaimed philosopher, english writer, and novelist Aldous Huxley wrote the book Brave New World. One of the issues in the novel is how uniform the society is. There is no diversity in the in Brave New World. Huxley carefully examined on why society is the way it is. He wants the audience to understand the philosophy of a unique society different from a normal society. There is no diversity the people look all the same there is no individuality or independence. There is uniform conformity, because in Brave New World there is biochemical technology that make humans look identical.In the novel there is class groups like gammas, deltas, and epsilons that perform different household tasks. Individuality is basically dead, in addition to, there is no independence among this particular uniform society. Your in a society that has rules for how the way you live, it is the same for all the people. Although society is the same there is some individuality amongst some of the characters. Characters like Bernard, Lenina, and Linda. As a independent human being these characters have shown to act out in ways that are unethical to the World State. There unique abilities of being a human is …show more content…

Soma is the death barrier for people to show people their unique ability of independence, and how to act as a normal individual. This governmentally developed drug in Brave New World is used because the higher ups know that some people might act out, and not follow to the rules of a uniform society so soma is created. Bernard wants to be like Helmholtz because he has useful traits,but Bernard can’t reflect upon himself so he follows the rules of conformity, and takes soma. “ The intoxication of success had evaporated; he was soberly his old self. The old self seemed unprecedentedly heavier than the surrounding atmosphere” (pg. 178) . Bernard is blinded by his uniqueness of being human he can’t discover himself because of

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