False Sense Of Friendship In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

One of the most horrifying parts of Brave New World is slowly starting to become a reality in our real world. Brave New World is a terrifying, written prediction of what would happen to our world that was written in 1932, by one Aldous Huxley. Aldous was afraid of the rapid growth of technology and the road we were headed down. Aldous wrote a disturbing fictional story about a man named Bernard who goes through every role in this new society. In this story, there are many shocking parallels to our world today. In the novel Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, we see a consistent theme of Bernard having many fake friends that give him the sense as if he has real, true friends. In today’s society, we see this same theme through teenagers

John is a man who has lived his whole life thinking the opposite of everyone else in this post ford feature. At the beginning of Brave new world, Bernard is almost spiteful about society and how it works. He hates how no one really has real connections, he shows this discontent while speaking with Lenina, “ “I want to know what passion is,” she heard him saying. “I want to feel something strongly” ”(Huxley 99). This shows that Bernard hates the surface-level fake friendships that are so common in this new reality and that he really wants a deep and meaning full connection with the people around

In our world today, we think that the influencers we see online, and the people who like our pictures are our friends. When in reality if I saw these friends on the street they wouldn't even say hello. According to Pew Research Center, It's gotten to the point where 88% of teens agree that people overshare on the internet. This shows that in situations where emotions aren't involved, it’s hard to decipher what real friendship is. This issue is even more severe due to the fact that, “Nowadays, the Internet has become an indispensable part of life. Uncontrolled continuous use of the Internet has begun to lead to addiction” (bla bla). This addiction leads to a parasocial relationship through screens. We don't even know most people on social media and yet we feel that we can share some of the most intimate and private parts of our lives with them. A parasocial relationship is “a one-sided relationship formed when one party extends energy, interest, and time and the other person doesn’t know they exist, according to the National Register of Health Services Psychologists”(blaaaa). We see many parasocial relationships through teens and their social media followers, or influencers and their fanbase. This process of miss trusting and oversharing can lead to delusional