Social Classes In Aldous Huxley's The Brave Modern World

The Brave Modern World Along with civilization comes issues and controversies. Today’s modern world still faces some of the same issues as it did in the early 1900s. Aldous Huxley examined problems in 1931 when writing Brave New World by incorporating what he witnessed in his lifetime into the story of a utopian society. He introduced the topics to the minds of readers, so they could examine their world. Huxley brought economic classes, children in society, and women in society to the attention of readers, but the modern world still faces some of these issues today. Social classes were a major issue in Huxley’s time. Classes included the under-class, the working-class, the middle-class, and the upper-class (“1900s”). He was familiar with the higher classes when he was growing up because he was born into a “well-to-do-upper-middle-class family” (“Biography”). The under-class was “generally ignored” the working class held physically demanding jobs that

The dangers and distractions that came with child labor subsided. “Technology has played a big role in changing the way our children learn... and how they behave in society” (Ramey). Due to medicines and precautions, the child mortality rate has decreased (Burns). Education became mandatory for children, who are expected to live through their childhood. Instead of spending time working, children go to school and prepare for the future.. The role of women in society was also recognized by Huxley in Brave New World when none of the women were in the highest social class and were instead seen as objects for the pleasure of men. In 1923, the Equal Rights Amendments was passed for men and women, although women were still seen as less than men in society (“Decade”). “More than 80 percent of men declared that it was wrong for women to work outside the home” (“Women”). The general population agreed that men were superior to