Brave New World Society Quotes

Author, Aldous Huxley portrays the society in this novel as a world where people commonly receive instant gratification for their actions and where it is important for someone to get what they want to make them happy. This could be seen as a problem with a large society, however, the World Controllers have ensured that anything a person might want has been pre-decided, controlled and programmed in since the beginning of their time. Considered to be healthy in excessive amounts and encouraged from a young age, frequent sex is widely accepted and openly talked about on a regular basis during this era. This is one of the prime examples of making sure everyone gets what they want instantly. Another illustration of this conduct can be noted with

Also, recognizable in the following hypnopaedically influenced quote from Lenina Crowne, “‘When the individual feels, the community reels,’...” (81), who’s attempting to deter Bernard from his speech pertaining his search for freedom, pain and passion. Also, topics such as outer space and the past, even if only ten years prior, are actively frowned upon. Accordingly, the mere sight of a clear, moonless, bright starry sky is thought of as depressing and unwanted. Though seen as uncivilized, brutal and vile, through the eyes of the members of society in this novel, the way of life on the Savage Reservation closely resembles the lifestyles and ideals of those of the current era. Which leads to what Huxley might be trying to say about modern day society, how it’s dangerous to put specific people in leadership. It’s important to have all different kinds of people in leadership to contribute to making the right decisions on the behalf of everyone, because when a group of people can’t be spoken for their need won’t be met and lead to either a percentage of society being unsatisfied or as a result an revolutionary uprising, which hardly lack extreme

The DHC, who remains nameless throughout the novel, is introduced on the very first page and it is clear that he is in leadership for his area. He is used more as a plot device than an actual contributing character, Huxley takes advantage of this character to ease the reader into the nature of this world that he has created for this story. Henry Foster, an employee at the Hatching and Conditioning Centre, the perfect example of an alpha male in London A.F. 632, is the second character introduced. He’s the perfectly conditioned specimen, he’s completely comfortable with the concept of ‘everyone belongs to everyone’ and is content living a life full of vapid pastimes and utilizing drugs to numb any sadness. Despite this, he’s been in a mostly monogamous relationship which in their time and age is considered very unnatural. Then there’s Lenina Crowne who’d been seeing Henry for some months before she started seeing Bernard. She carries herself with a sense of importance and attractiveness. She’s been with nearly all the men she works with and is known to be popular and pretty. Bernard Marx of the Bureau of Propaganda, is seen differently than most of the Alphas in London and he sees himself differently as well. He’s self-conscious of his height, thinks of women as more than sex objects and seems to be more aware of his lack of