Sexual Behaviour as the Means Order in Brave New World and 1984
Sexual behaviour has been changed and moulded into a revolution over the last 100 years. The changes in our societies have allowed the freedom of public displays of affection. Woman have also played a large part of the sexual revolution. They have gone from doing all that men want to asking men on dates. With this sexual freedom problems have arrived. Rape and sexual harassment have increased leaving us to ask questions. Is sexual freedom much better than sexual repression? Both Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World and George Orwell's 1984 present the issues of sexual repression and freedom. Both authors examine how sexual behaviour are the means of order in society. Brave New World's sexual freedom and 1984's sexual repression are the means of order in their societies yet with this tragedies arise. In Brave New World Aldous Huxley examines a futuristic anti-utopian society. This society is strong in sexual freedom. Natural reproduction is no longer used to reproduce. A process called "Bokanovsky's Process"(3) is used. This process is the fertilizing and conditioning of embryos and toddlers. This process is Brave New Worlds way of keeping "social stability"(5) .This world of labor
Both Brave New World and 1984 examine the themes of sexuality and how they relate to order in a society. With this order though, tragedies occur. Brave New World's sexual freedom causes doom to those who believed in the old world values. In 1984 the sexual repression caused havoc to those who rebelled against the government to find true love. In both novels the need for love was the real cause of the tragedies. Both novel's anti-utopian societies are proven through the tragedies that occur due to the utalitarian run governments. In conclusion the question of whether sexual freedom or sexual repression is better is now answered. Both are equal, neither is better. Both forms of order have their downfalls. With order being controlled by sexual behaviour problems arises. In both Brave New World and 1984 tragedies occur because of the sexual nature of the two different societies. The first example of this takes place in Brave New World. While Lenina and Berard Marx are on a trip to a savage reservation they meet a young man named John. This man's mother is from the new world yet she has been living in the reservation for years after being left there by another new world man. Lenina finds the young savage unappealing. John also has strange unknown feelings for Lenina. John, not aware of Lenina's sexual experiences believes she is a pure virgin. This is John's downfall. Finally back in the New World, John and Lenina begin to have a non-sexual relationship Lenina wants their relationship to go further but with this move the tragedy arises. In chapter 13 Lenina expresses her need for john to her friend Fanny. Fanny tells Lenina, "Why don't you just go and take him. Whether he wants it or not" (171). This reproduction is wrong and can lead to problems in the order of beings in the society. Due to this processes occur to allow the freedom of sex for woman so they do not become pregnant. In conclusion world order in Brave New World only occurs
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Approximate Word count = 1318
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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