Brave New World Social Class Analysis

Social Classes have been used in many countries, in dystopian books, and in history. They are called by many names, but they all have similar jobs which separates into these social classes. In the Brave New World, Aldous Huxley created a caste system with Greek alphabet names. This caste system consists of Alphas being the Upper class, Betas being the Middle class, Gammas being the Working class, and Deltas and Epsilons being the Working Poor class or Lower class. In Brave New World, the caste system is very similar to society in the United States, which separates Americans into different social classes. The Alphas of the society in Brave New World take over the jobs of leadership and education jobs; which makes the the upper class in the

would do. During John’s visit to the factory of the Electrical Equipment Corporation, he sees the the Gammas working, “The fifty-six four-spindle chucking and turning machines were being manipulated by fifty-six aquiline and ginger Gammas,” (Huxley, 159). One of the Gammas jobs are being factory workers in their society. They do not share the same pleasures which the Alphas and Betas do, they are identical twins who do not really hold any influence. Even though Gammas hold no influence, they still do their jobs and listen to the Betas and Alphas. If the Gammas were put into American society, they would fit right into the working class, Working Class generally work in blue-collar jobs such as factory work, construction, restaurant serving, and less skilled clerical positions,” (Sociology). The working class in American society are those who get their hands dirty in their jobs, they do not work in offices. They mostly work in factories, in construction, and get their clothes dirty almost every day. You can say the same for the Gammas in Brave New World, they do the jobs that get their hands and clothes dirty everyday. This is why the Gammas would be the working class of Brave New World, while they do not do all the jobs that the working class in American society have. The Gammas are not the only ones who are part of the working class, the Deltas and Epsilons are also part of them and not

In Aldous Huxley caste system, he has separated the people into four different social classes. The first one being the upper class or the Alphas, they take over the high ranking jobs in their civilization and hold the most influence. The second one being the middle class or the Betas, they take over jobs like being nurses and control the final destination of the new embryos. But they do still hold some influence and have the same privileges as the Alphas. The third social class is the working class or Gammas, they do all the jobs that involve working in factories building the helicopters and other goods for the rest of society. Gammas mostly hold less influence in Brave New World. The final social class is made up as the working class and working poor, they are the Deltas and Epsilons. Both of these caste members are construction workers and do other jobs like being vacuum cleaners. They hold no influence in their society, only following what they are being told to do. Still, all social classes and caste members play important roles in their civilization. They all support each other and need the other to continue their normal lives. What would you think of a world where there is no social classes separating the people from each other, but everyone is equal to each other? If everyone was equal to