Assertions In Brave New World

Our World Is Not So Brave Anymore Neil Postman made some accurate assertions about “Brave New World”, for he truly points out the problems and situations that might have been predicted by Huxley. Huxley made the reader realize that our society starts having a love for technology and this love starts to actually diminish the value of books and knowledge. Not only that, but Huxley also helped point out our never-ending love to always advance our society whether it needed it or not. There are instances where people would rather use digital items to view some text than an actual book or newspaper. These situations are pointing to the idea that our world is becoming too involved with technology and less on spiritual values, and Huxley predicted

In the World State, there was a saying that can even apply to our current society which is, “ What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder,” (22) and this refers to the fact that man destroys everything that nature had originally created. This shows that when man tries to create something new, man will always put nature at risk. Also in the World State, the idea of revolting and rebelling is wiped out because the citizens have been conditioned to hate books and reading which is where a lot of the rebellious ideas come from. All the leaders want is a stable society that has no real chance of crumbling from the inside since they preach, “ Community, Identity, Stability,” (1) and this shows how they do not want books to shape people’s minds and then lead to a

In the real society, the people will further engage in activities relating to the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumble puppy. The fact that all the quick relationships in the World State are relevant to our current society is daunting because, “some parts of Brave New World… are becoming more and more.” (Spencer, Artifice) This is such a huge part because nowadays, people are more accustomed to having one night stands since, “70 percent of Americans have had a one-night stand.” (Howard, Bustle) Another huge part is the idea of obtaining happiness artificially for, the citizens would take a daily dose of soma to maintain their mental levels and they would say, “A gramme in time saves nine,” (89) which would justify their usage. The fact that people have to use a synthetic drug to keep them functioning normally is horrible for we are losing the human touch of ourselves. This also leads to the fact that our world is leaning toward the idea that the community is more important than the individual, and caring for a person is not a top priority. Huxley had introduced the idea that preached, “ When the individual feels, the community reels.” (94) Society as a whole is mainly focused on and the individual is just seen as another statistic or number. Humans are losing their human qualities and they are oblivious to the