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Science In Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World'

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Science is the basis of every world and the mindset of many, but how much science can one take? In the dystopian “brave New World” of Bernard Marx and Lenina Crowne, science was the reason of their life and how they act. When John the Savage, a boy from the society outside of their world, see’s that there was no freedom between the people, everyone following under the designated path handed to them, he wants to change the life of many. Along with the freedom stripped away, individuality of oneself is also thrown to the side. Life is an idea of being able to become what life thinks is right, but if one was to alter that thought, everything can change for better or for worse. In the brave New World, science was being fed to the embryo 's since day one. They were becoming modified, changed, and molded into what the controllers needed. In the first chapter, it hits instantly at how it works; the "corpse" started in a tube and was being compared to "butter." Scientist, or workers, were becoming created just as if they are making the new set of people; everyone acts as if it 's the most normal thing in the world. Henry Foster, one of the main characters in the book, explains more in depth the difference between each castes. "The lower the caste...the shorter the oxygen." (chapter 1, page 70-74). If anything were to go unbalanced, even the slightest percent, it could ruin the life of one, or many. …show more content…

The “Brave New World” of civilized people, science is their basis of everything and everyone. When a new kid, a savage from the reservation, comes and sees no freedom of the people and watches them soon destroy their life because of it, he wants to change how their aspect of life is. Along with the freedom being taken away from them, individuality of oneself is basically thrown away as if its trash. Maybe life is supposed to be left alone, but once its altered, nothing is ever the same

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