Utopia In Brave New World

The novel, Brave New World is like no other, it predicts a future overpowered by technology where the people have no religion. Has Huxley written about a degrading way of life or has he discovered the key to a perfect world that should be called utopia? The society presented in the novel is as completely rational as our own and all the precautions that are taken are needed to preserve their lifestyle. However different and horrible as the lives of individuals seem to be, in actuality they are much better than ours are. While many believe that the government controlled word, religion, the strict class system, the restraint of history, culture, the arts and books, and the obsolete need for parents and love are contradictory to utopia, these aspects of society are actually conducive to utopia.

The first argument that would be a contradiction because of the fact that Brave New World is a utopia and the government is controlling the world, causing the loss of freedom and

According to our views, these are the type of things that are considered important and we would go as far as saying that we could not live without them. But for these people, they are insignificant. Education to us leads to knowledge and for us knowledge is power and power runs the world. However for them there is no need for education because they do not need power. Power will not get them any farther in life then what is already written out for them. The only kind of books in Brave New World accessible to the public are reference books. Any books that were created with opinions and emotions are non-existent. This discretion is needed because those types of books could challenge the hypnopedia propaganda served to the people. The hypnopedia was given for a reason; it is the tool used to stabilize the society. If stability is threatened so will be the utopian