Compare and contrast dystopian futures in Brave New World and 1984
Dystopian Futures in Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four.The existence created by Brave New World is very efficient however it lacks any meaning, humans have no real extremes in feelings, no love, hate, pain and suffering. They are conditioned by technology to accept these things as normal. People are mass-produced to serve the means of the sociality and have no individuality whatsoever, a bleak world eliminating spirit and human nature. Outsiders to this world include Bernard Marx, Helmhotz Watson and John the Savage. All feel different due to individual circumstance and rebel against their Brave New World. The descriptions of futuristic London are rendered in plain style creating a drab, lack of beauty mirrored in the words used. "A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and in a shield, the world states motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY. The dictation is simple; the syntax is reduced, like a telegraph conveying only essential instructions. This creates a grey world, which seems very cold. Brave New World is run by a 'World State', A world state would necessitate a single political ideology and a single point of view,
One of the books main issues is the construction of Newspeak. Involving the destruction of English. (Oldspeak) It eliminates the words freedom, democracy, honour, justice, religion, under the idea that these ideas themselves will eventually disappear. The eventual aim is to make thoughcrime impossible, as there is nothing to think. To be human is to descrimiate and to judge, discrimination and judgement involve language. Not to use language involves a clear descent into a sub human state like the man in the canteen, whose speech is just a 'noise uttered in unconsciousness' duckspeak as it is called in Newspeak. " His head was thrown back a little, and because of the angle at which he was sitting, the light caught his spectacles and presented to Winston two black discs instead of eyes. What was slightly horrible, was that from the stream of sound that poured out it was almost impossible to distinguish a single word." The first two chapters are largely presented in lecture format, with the D.H.C. and Henry Foster actually lecturing to students, who diligently and precisely take down notes on what is said, about the technology of Brave New World. Then Mustapha Mond, the World Controller, appears to lecture the students on contemporary theories of sexuality, communal living, social stability and history and give a brief lecture of the evolution of Brave New World. Nineteen Eighty-Four features a much darker and suppressive future. The end result is no different, however there are no such technological advances to keep the public in order, only tradition intimidation and force. There is a telescreen in each home which looks for any sign of 'thoughtcrime' Brave New world is essentially a nursery school for adults who can be motivated by the appropriate rhymes. They do not feel dissatisfied, as they have been conditioned not to. They accept their places and are quelled by the use of soma, the Synthetic voice, which is considered superior to Human Voice "richer, warmer, more vibrant with love and yearning and compassion". Frighteningly humans respond more to this synthetic voice for example "Anti riot speech number two medium strength". Ultimately they are controlled by the World State. The human race is no more, just another tool of the government to increase production.
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Approximate Word count = 3692
Approximate Pages = 15 (250 words per page double spaced)
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