Not-So Brave New World
Have the issues in Brave New World faded away or still continue to exist? Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World reflects on many different issues including beauty as a key in society, women being treated as objects and only used for sexual situations, and human genetic modification. Aldous Huxley tries to warn today’s society about topics. Although most of those issues exist today, a few have simply vanished.
Brave New World focuses on the topic of beauty and youth. The people of Brave New World received plastic surgery so they would not look old. The first forms of plastic surgeries were used on war-injured soldiers. “Walter sustained terrible facial injuries, including the loss of his upper and lower eyelids, while manning the guns aboard the HMS Warspite in 1916 during the Battle of Jutland” (Murano, Grace). Plastic surgery was not first used to change physical appearance, but to try to fix facial wounds. “First documented plastic surgery performed, on a burned English sailor” (Whitlock, Jennifer). The first plastic surgery was not performed because he wanted to change his appearance, but to fix his war wounds.
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“But it may give you greater self-confidence and add to your sense of well-being” (Gardner, Stephanie). This quote is showing that the only benefits from plastic surgery, is that it may increase your confidence levels. “People with facial sagging, for example, can often look 10 years younger with a good face lift” (What Motivates People to Have Plastic Surgery?). Which is stating that society is going to extreme measures to look younger. Aldous Huxley predicted that the world would soon be obsessed with trying to become