Analysis Of Aldous Huxley s Brave New World - 1287 Words

The constant development of society is faulted with the advancement of technology. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World presents a controlled society which creates a faulty idea of perfection to be obtained. The theme of technology being used to control society is faulted. The attainment of perfection is faulted through symbolism with the assembly line producing children, the taking of the drug soma, and the changing of one s individual appearance to have all people look alike. The assembly of children takes away the individual process of birth. Escaping one’s harsh, cruel reality by taking soma gives the user a false sense of happiness.The changing of one’s appearance so that most of the people all look alike takes away individuality. For†¦show more content†¦Children are no longer needed to be developed with a mother. The parental unit of a child is no longer needed since children are now being hatched from eggs. It takes away the purpose of two people who love each other, joining together to create a new generation of children for the future. Most of the children hatched from eggs look identical to each other. Since they are all mostly clones, there are no individual differences between them. No differences mean no unique individualities. The people are all alike which makes the society feel dull. The Director tells his students that, â€Å" He let out the amazing truth. For a very long period before the time of Our Ford, and even for some generations afterwards, erotic play between children had been regarded as abnormal †¦ and not only abnormal, actually immoral : and had therefore been rigorously suppresses† ( Huxley 31). This Brave New World’s society is different from what modern society’s morale are. The Director talks about how in the past, society was completely different that what it was originally before the World State. He tells his students about the past which is already abnormal. People of the World State do not dwell on the past and move on with their lives. The â€Å"erotic play† between children is highly accepted in the World State. While in modern society, it is no approved of. Abnormal means undesirable or different. The World State takes what is valued in modern society like having children, a long- lasting