Representation In Brave New World

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Which future is bleaker that represented in Brave New World or 1984? This essay will argue the topic about which future is bleaker that represented in Brave New World or 1984. Since it is the 21th century, the world changed rapidly in the past 100 years. Contrary to nowadays’ world, Brave New World is much bleaker in the future up to the society now. There are three main reasons. The first reason is that Orwell fears that books will be banned; Huxley fears that books need not be banned at all, because the only thing that justice may do is spontaneously stopped reading books. The second factor is "1984" tells the story of people living in the "Big Brother" regulation and control is sad, fearless, unable to struggle alive. But “Brave new world" …show more content…

But “Brave new world" is talking about the loss of humanity and the loss of hope under the condition of material conditions. This means that in 1984, The Big Brother has three different parts under his control which are Ministry of Truth, Plenty, and also Love. These three parts often brain wash people. For example, in the first book of 1984 and in the ninth chapter, the first two sentences are as follows: “The phrase ‘our new, happy life’ recurred several times. It had been a favourite of late with the Ministry of Plenty.” Winston Smith was shocked, but said nothing. And soon he thought about having sex with the girl he met in the morning. The words of the Big Brother doesn’t make any sense at all. And compare it to the book Brave New World: “Surprisingly, as everyone thought (for on soma-holiday Linda was most conveniently out of the way), John raised objections. "But aren't you shortening her life by giving her so much?" "In one sense, yes," Dr. Shaw admitted. "But in another we're actually lengthening it." The young man stared, uncomprehending. "Soma may make you lose a few years in time," the doctor went on. "But think of the enormous, immeasurable durations it can give you out of time. Every soma-holiday is a bit of what our ancestors used to call eternity." John began to understand. "Eternity found myself in our lips and …show more content…

For example, in 1984, the chapter five of the second part, When you make love you're using up energy; and afterwards you feel happy and don't give a damn for anything. They can't bear you to feel like that. They want you to be bursting with energy all the time. All this marching up and down and cheering and waving flags is simply sex gone sour. If you're happy inside yourself, why should you get excited about Big Brother and the Three-Year Plans and the Two Minutes Hate and all the rest of their bloody rot?” Big Brother did did something bad but in some occasion. He is right. He is just afraid of being defeated. Actually, all he did is to control people to listen to him, and he just wants the power. But in the Brave New World, “"Alone, always alone," the young man was saying. The words awoke a plaintive echo in Bernard's mind. Alone, alone … "So am I," he said, on a gush of confidingness. "Terribly alone." "Are you?" John looked surprised. "I thought that in the Other Place … I mean, Linda always said that nobody was ever alone there." Bernard blushed uncomfortably. "You see,"

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