Aldous Huxley

Huxley’s Brave New World "A Gramme is Always Better Than a Damn" (Huxley, 2006, p. 90) Aldous Huxley saw a fully aware and intelligent society the only way to obtain a government which would keep the people’s best interest a priority. In Brave New World it was clear the government had utter control of its people, which the government gained by supplying the population with Soma. Soma was a fictional recreational drug which caused euphoria, relaxation, and “an escape from… reality” (Hickman,…

The Journey of Tragedies, Substance Abuse and Illness At times, the worst place one can be is in their own head. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the story was based on the opinion of how Huxley predicted the future was going to turn out. Everyone is living under the World State which is a government who controls the society through their commands as the society seems stable and peaceful where everyone seems happy, but it is a total mess. Sexual reproduction is uncommon as children are…

In the classic novel “Brave New World” by the 20th century English author, Aldous Huxley, Huxley questions the values and goals of 1931 London through the use of irony and satire to portray a futuristic version of the world in which the social trends of Great Britain and the United States are taken to extremes. The world Huxley writes about, since the setting is still on Earth but an unknown amount of time in the future, is still able to resonate with readers today. Within Brave New World,…

mistreatment of women and stereotyping in well-known literary pieces from the past, which formed a base for this oppression and inequality seen today. George Orwell and Aldous Huxley are two famous writers who include this gender gap in their literary works. In the novels 1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the themes of gender inequality and oppression of women are expressed through the feminist literary theory. In general, feminism explores women’s roles in society and…

In this satire novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley uses literary devices such as, imagery and symbolism to tell of the explicit activities that go on in the society of the 1930s and to warn society of where the world may end up if people continue to live corrupt lives. During this time period, people appeared innocent on the surface, but with a closer look, it is clear that people weren’t as innocent as they seemed. Behind closed doors people lived corrupt lives. Brave New World does a great…

a dystopic society? What would change and what would remain the same? A dystopian society is described or defined as: “a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.” In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, readers are shown the life of Bernard Marx and other characters that live in this very controlled and futuristic world. It is shown as a “perfect” world gone wrong. Even though everyone seems happy and problem free, there are some instances…

current government gradually begins to take over the lives of people like that in Brave New World. Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World depicts a futuristic society that utilizes science to control the lives of mostly everybody by categorizing them into specific castes. The author’s vision of a utopian society in his novel is relatively, but not entirely, close to modern American society. Although Huxley published Brave New World in 1932, his vision of the future society frightens people of the…

In times of distress and misfortune people tend to show their true self. Some become untroubled and show weakness in tough situations. While others seek to improve their circumstances through acts of bravery and determination. . Bernard from Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World desires to break the strong hold that world leaders have on the people and attempts to make a difference. However, once he receives all of the attention he ever wanted, he finds himself changing into something else entirely.…

judged, exposed, laughed at, and made fun of is something no one would ever wish upon themselves. In this novel, Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley there is a solution for it all. Characters in this story do not experience the pains and the hard truths that most humans have to endure with the use of one small, powerful drug called soma. Aldous Huxley uses soma as a symbol of uniformity and complete control over all users in the World State. Uniformity can be good if one is looking for…

How does a government take complete control? A government can take control in many ways. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the government takes everything away from the people. They take away the populations’ humanity. The people are very happy and satisfied with the lives they live. If they ever have a bad day, they always have an escape. The government has taken everything away from the people. The people only know the information that the government wants them to know. Religion was stripped…