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History In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

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Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World shared his thoughts on the changes of American society to his book Brave New World in an interview with Mike Wallace. Two topics spoken about was the use of drugs and the loss of privacy/over organization in the world. Huxley wrote Brave New World in 1931 and all of the things written about is still prevalent in today’s world. Over organization is evident today. Overpopulation, specifically for the U.S, causes the government to over organize. The more people a country has, the stronger the need for security and the less freedom the people actually receive. Privacy is becoming questionable. It is almost impossible for someone in today’s world to live an everyday life without giving up their identity. …show more content…

An example is the history of the war between Oceania and Eurasia. The results and facts on the war is manipulated and wrongly taught to the society. Winston, on the quest for truth, realizes that the government has the ability to change history if it coincides with the present day. Big Brother actually destroyed books that went against his teachings. And he even on countless occasions have evaporated people which deletes their existence from history. Another blur when it comes to history and 1984 is when the war was actually going to end. The society has a theme of endless …show more content…

Huxley views on human nature are more real and evident in today’s society. For example, in terms of history, Huxley knew not a lot of people read books. So he never feared the ban of books that held history like Orwell, but he did fear that the interest in books would never grow in society. Orwell just like in his novel worried about the government more than the actual people. Huxley knew that changes starts with the people and wrote his satire for the people to bring change. They both understood the importance of history, which is why it was evident in both novels. It is crucial because to know which path to take in the future, one must know the

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Written by Aldous Huxley in 1931 soon after World War l, Brave New World is seen as a prophetic book that defined the coming century. Inspired by the H.G. Well’s utopian novels, Brave New World chronicled the lives of three people, Bernard, John, and Lenina. Alfred Thodey of Camberwell told the Customs Minister of the “crimes committed in thy name” because banning the book was an “unwarrantable interference.” Brave New World presents inevitable problems the world must face in order to keep a society that places trust in the people rather than in a harsh government.

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Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World were both written by men who had experienced, what was in their time the largest and most violent war in history. These tremendous world events revealed the truly deplorable and destructive nature of the state mixed with an inherently domineering human nature. Huxley and Orwell portray a satirical depiction of the eventual state of society as an extrapolation of the condition of the world in their own time showing similar stories of totalitarian dominance and complete control of society by world states. And while these narratives have similar dystopias the ways in which the world falls into control and that state supremacy is maintained is a stark contrast making for an interesting comparison. Huxley's image depicts a world in which the industrial revolution expanded beyond material goods to the mass production of humans themselves.

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In that case, Huxley’s use of allusions from years before the publishing of his novel do not truly make it historical. Instead, these allusions only enhance the novel’s characterization if they are perceived by readers, as they still prove to be relevant

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Since the beginning of human civilization, a form of government has been enacted to ensure a nation’s continuity; however, these institutions often become exceedingly powerful over their people. In Brave New World, the author, Aldous Huxley creates a theme expressing the significant danger that resides in the existence of extreme, administrative control over a populace, as leaders will retain their power continuously and unregulated. At the time when the this narrative was devised, the rise of communism and dictatorships were a threat to human rights. Through the creation of the dystopian society indicated in the novel, people are able to realize the effects of these types of governments. The thematic political issues are developed by utilizing

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Over the past years, technological advancements have been expanding at an exponential rate which means that the world Aldous Huxley had envisioned in Brave New World will soon come. Neil Postman, a social critic, examines Huxley’s vision of the future and gave interesting points about how Huxley’s society is relevant to ours. Postman believed that Huxley feared that there won’t be a reason to ban a book, that the truth will be drowned in irrelevance, and that our desires will ruin us. While some of these assertions are true, opponents may argue that there’s always a reason to banning something. This is untrue because you don't necessarily need a reason to ban something that society doesn't need.

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The dismissal of history takes a far more assertive form in 1984 though. It becomes impossible to understand the true past due to the fact that the events and details of it are constantly in the motion of being rewritten to appease the Party. “Most of it was a tedious routine, but included in it there were also jobs so difficult and intricate that you could lose yourself in them as in the depths of a mathematical problem-delicate pieces of forgery in which you had nothing to guide you except your knowledge of the principles of Ingsoc and your estimate of what the Party wanted you to say.” (Orwell 44). The truth and history becomes what the Party desires it to be.

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