the Savage), who is born in the Savage Reservation and visits this “brave new world” but is too overwhelmed by the ideas of the World State and thereafter claiming his right to be unhappy. Helmholtz, an Alpha who is tasked to writing endless propaganda and is seeking a breakthrough by looking forward to a change in the society.

Lenina, a happy and well-conditioned Alpha which reflects how indoctrinated she is with the ideas of this “utopian” society. Bernard, who is sort of an out-of-place and insecure Alpha who is seeking recognition from the other Alphas. We follow a few notable characters in this book. To give up emotions, freedom of thought, individuality, art, religion, science….Several issues were highlighted by Huxley in this story: industrialization, Fordism, racism, genetic engineering. Who does not want to live in this happy society? But with a cost. In short, Aldous Huxley created a perfect Utopia (with an element of soft totalitarianism). Casual sex is highly encouraged and the concepts of monogamy and family are frowned upon by the society as they cause unhappiness to the society. To ensure that the society is always happy, an antidepressant and hallucinogenic drug called soma is distributed to the society. Propogandas are also indoctrinated in the society via hypnopaedia. To strengthen the caste system, prejudicial statements against other castes were indoctrinated in the minds of the society via hypnopaedia (sleep learning). Alphas are bred to be leaders whereas Epsilons are bred to be menial laborers. Children are further conditioned genetically to create a perfect caste system ranging from the highest Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and the lowest Epsilon. Emotions and individuality were conditioned out from the children. In this world, children are created from test tubes to increase the population of mankind. Largely set in a futuristic World State of genetically modified citizens and an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that are combined to make a utopian society that goes challenged only by a single outsider.īrave New World examines a futuristic society, called the World State. Brave New World is a dystopian novel written in 1931 by English author Aldous Huxley, and published in 1932.

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