Dystopian Society In Brave New World Essay

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Can a utopian society ever exist? The answer to that question is a blunt no. Everyone’s different expectations create a world with many diversities. The society in Brave New World is considered dystopian because the people are living under the assumption that their world is perfect. They have a major drug addiction and uncontrolled sexual intercourse, plus a whole lot of other social issues. While our current society may not be perfect, it would be far better off than the society pictured in the novel. Therefore, the society in Brave New World is different from the current society in the United States of America. The first major difference would be the novel’s version of the caste system. The caste system is split into five unequal categories: alphas, betas, gammas, deltas, and epsilons. The alphas are the best of the best, while epsilons are the lowest class with the lowest-income jobs. In current society, there is no caste system, but there are …show more content…

In the Brave New World society, they are afraid of change. They believe that their society is the peak of all society when they aren’t. That is why Brave New World Society will never grow and prosper. The Brave New World society will never reach the peak since “Social change ultimately leads to the relationships between people at various levels of society.” (Quinn) Without relationships with the Gammas Deltas etc., the Alpha and Betas feel distant to them and they question if this is right or what it’s like to be like a gamma. These questions fuels curiosity and pursuing of knowledge. Although Alpha and deltas are programed not to question those things, but there is always an anomaly that happens. When that happens the in Brave New World, society would go burning down if not handled well. Unlike our society change is a part of our daily life. If a change were to come in our society, we would work together and face that

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