Values In Brave New World

In Aldous Huxley’s imaginative utopia, the three ideas above are held at the highest degree. Unfortunately, for these three ideas to be successful on a global scale, the values of humanity must be forgotten. Although peace and tranquility are achieved in Brave New World, the individual ceases to exist, and the use of a drug called “soma” takes away all emotions except for happiness.
In Brave New World, stability is achieved through dehumanizing and the loss of individuality. In the novel, one of the ten World Controllers states, “[there is] no civilization without social stability. No social stability without individual stability,” (Huxley 28). In turn, in order for there to be stability, all people must be the same or similar, so little

Not only are the ideas of community, identity, and stability universally accepted, but others such as immediate sex when one wishes, instant happiness through soma, and infertility are universally accepted. With these values conditioned into people since infancy, word stability is easier achieved. For example, young children play games such as “find the zipper,” which allows children to become comfortable with erotic activity. In addition, children also view videos and pictures of families accompanied with negative connotation, making the idea of natural childbirth and families unfathomable.
Furthermore, stability is achieved with a content society. When one is content with the circumstances he or she is in, the likeliness of that individual being part of a rebellion or inciting a riot, as the World Controllers fear, drops dramatically. Through the use of a drug called soma, which is equivalent to today’s Xanax, all stress and anxiety is taken away. Not only is this drug legal, but all citizens are dispensed two grams of soma everyday. With a blissful population, government resentment is avoided