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Persuasive Essay On Brave New World

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Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, is one of the dystopias that were written in the 20th century. In the story, the author establishes a state which prohibits natural birth, never allows his citizens to age and apparently aims to abolish human desires and emotions. After getting permission from their director, Bernard and Lenina travel to the Savage Reservation, where natural birth is still respected. Although Bernard is threatened by the director, Bernard discovers the director’s own son, John, and his ex-love, Linda, in the land of savages. He decides to bring them to “The Brave New World” in order to become famous and humiliate the director. As Lenina’s interest to seduce John perseveres, John responds her with lines from the romantic books he read. After his mother’s death, John starts a riot against the state in cooperation with Bernard. The …show more content…

The author implies with this dystopia that human society can’t exist without instincts and emotions. If such a world exists, then humans would be like the coded robots. Just like in the 1984, there are some citizens that have a tendency to escalate the dormant hatred of people against the state. The author uses a humorous language, whereas he suggests the audience to question our human values. I was really impressed by the predictions that are made by the author. Although he wasn’t thoroughly successful, he was able to predict how the media would have an effect on citizens and the medical and scientific developments. I think Aldous Huxley is totally right by depicting the dangers of technology that one day may appear eventually. As the author designs a dystopia where everybody is supposed to be happy, he implies that the right to be unhappy is a privilege and no one should regret it. The author directly states it by saying:” But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want

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