Technology In Brave New World

When awaken into an unfamiliar environment, one can get an unsettling feeling in the stomach and be left frightened and confused. That could lead to a definite panic and leave one incapable of determining how such an unfamiliar place was reached, unless one was born into an unfamiliar place and slowly comes to realize the unfit. The characters of Brave New World and Island try to figure out what was happening in their unstable worlds. Analyzing Brave New World and Island will give one understanding on how the two worlds were not always recognizably corrupt. Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Island were written with the intent to forewarn society about a dystopian future because, complex technology was used to control society, one gains control

He controlled characters decisions and actions in a slightly unsettling way. He had been influenced by viewing the world, to use forms of drugs as controlling devices to forewarn his audiences. “Huxley argues that while the intuitive solution seems to be to enforce complete prohibition of mind-altering substances, this tends to backfire and” “create more evils than it cures,”(Popova). The idea of mind-alternating substances was enough to frighten Huxley himself, impelling him to use his novels as warnings because people would best listen and understand through his writings. Not being able to have any control over personal thoughts, intellect and feelings can drive one into a frenzy of confusion, pain and depression. Ultimately, causing the use of drugs in the future society to backfire for the controller. Outside sources such as Lenina was to Bernard in Brave New World who helped him to see what's really going on. The powerful drugs and extensive brainwashing led characters to lose their minds. Eventually, leading countless individuals to commit suicide because they were no longer able to cope and were driven to the point of no escape. One was made to believe, “Happiness is never grand” (Huxley.Brave New World.221). Meaning that in order to gain and maintain happiness, one has to experience pain, hardship in confusion. Majority of the novel's characters e. Artificial happiness was experienced while taking the Soma and Moksha drugs. Happiness was masked leading the character to experience no happiness at all. An individual must be extremely mortified from being drugged for so long if they have chosen to end their own life in such a horrific way. Before one was led to suicide they slowly began to realize they were being controlled. “Our wish is to be happy, our ambition to be fully human” (Huxley.