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Essay / Brave New World - Unitary essay - 1765
In 1932; Aldous Huxley published the classic novel Brave New World. The novel is about a controlled futuristic utopian/dystopian society, which seems successful and stable, but evil and without compassion. The Brave New World diet heavily enforces indulgence in drugs and casual sex, the caste system, and other various issues that would be considered unethical in our current Western society. Although Brave New World has many literary values; the novel's most apparent literary value lies in the concept of establishing a false morality. This false morality and its superficial values; dominate an authoritarian regime; where real life choices and experiences are denied to people. This situation creates a false perspective, frustration and a highly manipulative existence. All this causes destruction and confusion in the lives of people with individuality. In Brave New World, the process of populating the earth involves fertilization, decantation and conditioning. Fertilization takes place when the embryos are placed in a bottle and fertilized. Decantation is the process that replaces a live birth. Next, conditioning is the process of literally brainwashing infants with Brave New World “morality,” culture, and philosophy. Through conditioning, they are taught to be deprived of literature and divinities, of the common sense of “what is good and what is evil”. Through conditioning, they are also taught to look down on those who do not conform to established standards of behavior. When John, Bernard and Helmholtz were arrested, they visited the inspector; Mustapha Mond. While Helmholtz and Bernard barely said anything in the comptroller's office, John and Mond took up most of the dialogue. When John asked why liter...... middle of paper ......om/notes/bnw/OBJ.html>.• "Summary of Brave New World." Shmoop: homework help, resources for teachers, test preparation. Internet. December 28, 2011. • “Jean the Savage in Brave New World. » Shmoop: homework help, resources for teachers, test preparation. Internet. December 28, 2011. • Lombardi, Esther. "'Brave New World' Quotes." Books and literary classics. Internet. December 28, 2011. • Lombardi, Esther. "'Brave New World' Magazine." Books and literary classics. Internet. December 28, 2011. .• “Why did John kill himself at the end of Brave New World.” The question and answer wiki. Internet. December 28. 2011. .