Brave New World Thematic Essay

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In today’s current social climate, tensions are greater than ever. Certain books have been banned for one reason or another while the media is promoting various ideas from many people, it’s confusing and complex times. Many questions are raised as to what ideas we should promote as a society, what messages do we want to promote to the influential minds of our youth? During the tumultuous times of the 1930’s author Aldous Huxley published a book Brave New World in which he examines the aspects of human ideology and innovation. The novel follows the story of multiple characters navigating day to day life in a dystopian society where humans are all lab grown and mass produced for various roles in aims of generating a stable world. This book is …show more content…

Humanity makes many leaps, but leaping into the dark territory of biological mechanization will be too far. Currently, the world is entering a new phase of existence, on a precipice of changing religion and shifting global policy. Change is now coming fast. As many try to judge their own views and desires against those that are promoted, it’s important to stay alert to what must be traded for our wants and the collective want of everyone. It is easy to get wrapped up in mania and hysteria, public outcry and demand for change, but often we look past the immediate danger of our asks. A couple characters in the novel, Mustapha Mond, the leader of London, and John, a boy from New Mexico who still lives in a style of society like today, talk about their views on humanity. Mustapha states, “Call it the fault of civilization. God isn’t compatible with machinery, scientific medicine, and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness” (236) “Huxley, Brave New World”. When John hears this statement, his reaction is that of confusion, but to me it makes perfect