THE COMPARISON OF TODAY's WORLD AND HUXLEY's WORLD
Huxley's Brave New World is definitely new and is something that is difficult for a person living in a 90's world to imagine for it is so very diverse compared to our society and customs today. The odd world and lifestyle that was prophesied by Aldous Huxley in the first half of the 20th century has much of the same basis of customs but they are just performed different ritually in these people's everyday routines. If anyone from our time and our world were ever to spend any given amount of time in Huxley's world then they would be confused, shunned by society and looked at almost as a savage like John for having such different and "primitive" ways. This of course would happen to anyone from Huxley's world that infiltrated our world that we know. It's all in one's opinion whether or not Huxley's adjustments for a stable environment are just are not but what can be done is to show a comparison between a world subjected to Huxley's ideas from Brave New World and our reality today.
One comparison that can be made and also the most obvious is how people are brought into the world. In Huxley's world there is a comp
In Huxley's society sex is had hastily and through promiscuity, with many partners. Love is something that is not even imagined in their world. But in reality sex is something precious and is not had without thought and without knowing the person well, actually, this is in most scenarios but it is sad to say that promiscuity does exist to some extent in our world. Love is a very serious thing in reality, even more precious than sex and love does occur often. Both worlds use contreceptives which is wise to prevent disease transmissions and unwanted births but in Huxley's world the sole reason for protection during sex is to not impregnate the woman and have society look down upon you. Contraceptives are used more in Huxley's world than in ours because there no wants to have children so protection is always used, most likely nearing 100% of the time but in our times, some have sexual intercourse hastily and don't stop to think to use safety precautions and also some couples choose not to use protection so that they can have children.
Another aspect of freedom comes up with each person's determined occupation and place in the world. Each person is put in one of five categories which almost stand as a grade of person, from smartest to dumbest and best occupation to worst occupation. Regardless of what a person in this society is, they are trained from birth to enjoy what they will do and do it and not have jealousy of the higher grades of people. In our society of reality each person's occupation is determined by their determination and ability to do that task well whatever it may be. Each person is also raised to believe that they can be whatever they want
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