Nature Vs. Nurture In Karl Huxley's Brave New World

In the debate of nature vs. nurture; Karl Marx chooses nature. He believed the best environment to raise the future would be in a communal society of equality. Huxley did not side with Marx on this debate and argued his side in the satire, Brave New World. He argued that equality in the community would lead to, in short, devolution of human progress. In Brave New World, Huxley condemns Karl Marx and his ideologies of communism.

Huxley begins with this idea with his imitation of the four principles of communism. The principles were created by, the father of communism, Karl Marx. They are simple regulations in a communistic society created to equalize the masses of people. The rules include no family, no religion, no private property, and no

During the introductory tour to both the Centre and the novel the diction used is perfunctory and scientific; creating an aura that human life is just another statistic. Instead of having parents, everyone is synthetically created uniformly in bottles, and instead of being grouped by family everyone is grouped by last names. When John comes from the reservation for a social science experiment, he immediately is drawn to the Director of the Hatchery and Conditioning Centre yelling “father!” (65). Ironically moments ago, the Director was preaching the horrors of parents to turn around and see his son screaming for him. The Director immediately quits his job because of the taboo that is associated with family. Religion is denounced throughout the novel subvertly. An atheist himself, Marx and the views of religion in communism are mocked through John and his religious beliefs and the debate on the nature of religion between Mustafa Mond and John the Savage in chapter 17. Mond’s literal view of religion contradicts John 's spiritual view of religion. There are very few instances of private property in Brave New World. The only real possession anyone

With communism, Karl Marx creates a classless society with no benefits for any one person. In Brave New World however, there are multiple classes and Bernard Marx is in the Alpha class. It is the highest class in the system besides the World Controllers, and Bernard reaps the benefits; a lighter and better work schedule and an increase in activities outside of work. While this could be a side-effect of the mass brainwashing, Bernard is too content with his workload to truly be unhappy with his position at the top of the food pyramid. At the end of the novel, Bernard had a chance to change the society and the class system, but let his fear of deportation get in the way. Ironically, the similarities between Karl and Bernard create a stark difference in the two people. Another way Huxley criticizes the idea of communism occurs through the irony in the name Bernard Marx. With communism, Karl Marx creates a classless society with no benefits for any one person. In Brave New World however, there are multiple classes and Bernard Marx is in the Alpha class. It is the highest class in the system besides the World Controllers, and Bernard reaps the benefits; a lighter and better work schedule and an increase in activities outside of work. While this could be a side-effect of the mass brainwashing, Bernard is too content with his workload to truly be unhappy with his position at the