Brave New World Propaganda Analysis

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Propaganda is used by the World State from the novel “Brave New World” and Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Party. Propaganda is a way of persuading the masses for a certain organization or movement. It is a form of mind control and works on the fears and desires of the audience. The three forms of propaganda that the World State and Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Party, use are the following. Bandwagon, convincing the audience to take advantage of the offer before it is too late. Glitter generalities, surrounding the values of emotion and culture. Lastly, name calling, the use of negative words that could possibly offend a person or group. With these propaganda techniques, one can comprehend the similarities and differences of propaganda between the World State and the Nazi Party.
In the beginning of “Brave New World”, the World State is creating and hatching human beings from test tubes and bottles. Each human is predestined into 5 different castes: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon. They are then …show more content…

An example of this is their motto "Community, Identity, Stability" (Huxley, 1). The foundation of every human pertaining to the World State views this as their way of life. It is a base to their principles and are highly valued, thus making this glittering generalities. This motto is strictly followed and because of conditioned, people are automatically responsive to it. This simple and straight forward motto allows the World State to manipulate their societies. Another example of glittering generalities occurs when Mustapha Mond mentions God. "God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness" (Huxley, 207). He explains that civilization is better off without God because people will focus and rely on God rather than the State. He believes that the world is stable with just machinery, science and constant