Our society today, in general, is unsure about the future:

The nightmare of total organization has emerged from the safe, remote future and is now awaiting us, just around the next corner. It follows inexorably from having so many people.

This quotes represents Watts' fear for the future; George Orwell and Aldous Huxley both explore the future state of civilization in their novels. They both warn us of the dangers of a totalitarian society. Both books express a utopian ideal, examine characters that are forced into this state and are compelled to dealing with this society and all the rules involved. The impracticality of the utopian ideal is explored in Orwell's

Using Big Brother's name so often takes away from the family ideal and begins to weaken family relationships.

Winston gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark mustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

The lack of familial bonds, in both novels, contributes to the development of a dystopian society. This lack of familial bonds is evident through genetic engineering, the use of names, and a commonly used drug, soma. One of the first mentionings of family in Brave New World is when the main character, Bernard, asks the Controller, the ultimate leader, about the past and why their society does not believe in families. His response suggests that authoritative figures do not believe that there is need for a mother in society and therefore, the Controller responds, "Mother, he repeated loudly rubbing in the science; and, leaning back in his chair, these, he said gravely are unpleasant facts; I know it. But then most historical facts are unpleasant." The disregard for mothers as a valuable figure in life contributes to the lack of familial bonds.

Every human being, in both utopian worlds, is conditioned to fit society's needs. In Brave New World, the DNA of a embryo is arranged exactly the same as several others, producing several twins. Then as a child, you are put through different drills and routines, including psychological conditioning, and "sleep-teaching", forcing you to become a product of a certain class:

In Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston has almost reached the state of seeing through the illusion. The Party realizes this and sends his to Room 101, where 'your worst fear becomes a reality'. The purpose of this being to readjust Winston's attitudes. He is conditioned and at the end of the novel comes to a realization, "I love Big Brother" . The Party is too powerful for Winston to see through this illusion.

Authority, in the novels Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four have an immense effect over one's identity and individualism, leading to a dystopic state. This great lack of individuality is due to the conditioning process on the children, and the maintaining of a stable environment. In Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Huxley's Brave New World everyone is identical. Huxley writes about the loss of human individuality. "Twelve of them ready to be made one, waiting to come together, to be fused, to lose their twelve separate identities in a larger being." Each citizen loses power and pride in their own identity.

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