Brave New World
As man has progressed through the ages, there has been essentially, one purpose. That purpose is to arrive at a utopian society, where everyone is happy, disease is nonexistent, and strife, anger, or sadness is unheard of. This in turn would let only happiness exists. But when confronted with Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, we come to realize that this is not, in fact, what the human soul really desires. In fact, Utopian societies are much worse than those of today are. In a utopian society, the individual, who among others composes the society, is lost in the melting pot of comparison and world in that is uninterested.In the science fiction book Brave New World, we are confronted with a man, Bernard Marx. Bernard is inadequate to his colleges. So he resorts to entertaining himself most evenings, without the company of a woman. This encourages his individual thought, and he realizes that having an independent thought is rewarding. This pushes him to become a real individual. Although this is true to a certain extent, Bernard does not realize that he would much rather attain social recognition. At least, not until the opportunity presents itself. Thus, through a series of events, Bernard uses the curi
osity of the society to his advantage, fulfilling his subconscious wish of becoming someone important, a recognized name in the jumble of society. This ends when the curiosity of others ends, and as a supreme result of his arrogant behavior, he is exiled. The instigator of this curiosity, as well as the author of Bernard's fame, is an outsider know as the Savage. Bernard brings in the S! Each person of this society has a predestined future. They all develop in their fetal stages inside a jar, where they are provided with their needs, are vaccinated against all known diseases. Also, special treatments are performed to aid in the mental growth of the individual after 'birth', according to their future occupation. "The first of a batch of two hundred and fifty embryonic rocket-plane engineers was just passing the eleven hundredth metre mark on Rack 3. A special mechanism kept their containers in constant rotation. To improve their sense of balance, Mr. Foster explained. Doing repairs on the outside of a rocket in mid air is a ticklish job. We slacken off the circulation when they're right way up, so that they're half starved, and double the flow of surrogate when they're upside down. They learn to associate topsy- turvy with well being; in fact, they're only truly happy when they're standing on their heads" (32). All two hundred and fifty beings will be t! Huxley presents the ultimate in utopian societies. Even though nobody is open for mental growth. All are
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Approximate Word count = 999
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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