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Predictions Of Brave New World

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Throughout the story, I found Brave New World by Aldous Huxley to be significantly similar to our world. For the book to be published in the 1930s, Huxley eerily predicted what our world would look like. For example, when he wrote the book, relationships were more traditional; people married and gave birth to children as soon as possible. In Brave New World, Huxley imagined a world where relationships are more open and less conservative. Although the ideas sound extreme, they are relevant today as the predictions from the book are slowly coming true. I feel like some of the main ideas that stand out in the book are warning signs for a futuristic world where people are content with false happiness. The story has multiple ideas about morals, but one of the most important ones I notice is the normalization of promiscuity. Huxley warns the readers of the change from meaningful relationships to shallow and sex-oriented encounters. The problem with shallow relationships is that people in the story have only one priority, to be sexually attracted to …show more content…

I found this theme a problem in the book of inability to connect with others. I see that it is unethical how humans reproduce because the book describes how a family is considered an "old tradition." I found this whole situation to be upsetting because of the lack of understanding of what it feels like to have a strong relationship that is not romantic or sexual and other than friends. This situation reminds me of problems relating to discrimination because of the separation of residential children from their parents and forcing them into the majority. This leads to the children lacking the feeling of family support and security. The culture of the world with a limited amount of close relationships and being in the minority is what society will react to in both the story and the real

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