I’ve never tried to predict the future, but Aldous Huxley wrote a novel in 1931 that could resemble some of today’s world. The novel’s called “Brave New World.” The book talks about a perfect society where everyone is happy, but after further reading the novel people will see how its goal contradicts its reality.
John the savage is one of my most favorite characters. One main reason is his name “the Savage.” Normally when you hear people described as that word you would think he’s a villain of the story. Instead, he is one of the few protagonists in the story. What makes him a special character is that he does not show up in the book until about half way into the novel. That leaves us with suspense to find out what could they possibly be doing during the first half of the book.
People in this so-called perfect world is not born from a women, instead they’re all made in a factory. Hearing this you may think of the assembly lines back from the old days that they use to made cars. In this book they praise Henry Ford, the creator of Ford motors, as a God figure in today’s world. Which saying religion does not exist in this world.
The individual life in this world is like come and go. They don’t get together and start a family. Instead you have multiple relations with different people because that’s normal to the society. When people feel sad or not as content, they take a drug called “soma” to make them feel happy again. The society separates the people by their ranks, being Alpha is the highest and Epsilon the lowest.
The book has many interesting characters. Some examples are John, Bernard, Lenina, Helmholtz, Mustapha, Fanny, and Linda. The thing that makes these characters interesting is that every one of their names is named after an important person in our history. There was a director that was running the society at first but later deported himself of fear.
I really like Huxley’s idea of naming the character with people in history. Reason for that is it kind of gives us some background of the characters having some knowledge of those people. I like the way the story flows. The mood is very calm, and every little part later he’ll bring in suspense that gets you thinking. The thought that comes to your is something you’ll not forget. Every time I hear the term “Brave New World” I think of all those events. The drugs, sex, factory made people. It leaves you with chill thinking of whether this might actually happen.
Brave New World is a great title and really express what the book’s about. The world that these people are living in is based on the idea of futurism. The world is about new reproductive technology and making people the way they are so the society is balanced out. It takes place in London at the year 632 A.F.(After Ford).
The book really expresses our lives in today’s world. People in the book don’t have relations with others and they aren’t allowed to either. The people in today’s world tend to have relationship but it happens to not last very long. Fifty percent of marriage ends in divorce and the rest in death. A lot of people do drugs to satisfy themselves these days. In this book, their leader creates the appearance of the people and put them into ranks. Today we use technology to make us better and we also can use them to get the child we want on birth.
In many ways. I’m very impressed at Huxley ability to write something knowing it might come true. You just don’t see it right away, but after putting some thought into the reading you’ll see the reality of the situation. This is a great book, encouraging for the readers to read and can’t stop. Every time you read to the end of the page, you feel the eager to keep going. This book is a great chance for people to see how powerful mind can be so I recommend it for everyone to read it.
