The Illusion of Happiness in the Brave New World
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley The illusion of a utopia is very imminent in this novel, some of the factors that disqualify it from being a utopia and, in fact, make it a dystopia are the illusion of happiness, removal of human desire, and prohibition of assembly and free thought.
The Illusion of Happiness is shown in this book in many different ways and are usually connected to the controllers of the state. Soma is labeled as the perfect drug by the Brave New World and also the World State because there are no backlashes from taking it, many of the users are encouraged to take it "And do remember that a gramme is better than a damn." They went out, laughing.” (Huxley, 54) this hypnopeadic saying confirms that soma will replicate many of the human emotions. Many of the citizens of Brave New World are being conditioned and through science they are effectively suppressing and distorting any sort of feelings they have with each other. In the new world, sexual promiscuity is a law and having any sort of emotional attachment to anyone is considered illegal. Sex is dealt as a public topic rather than it being a public matter and suggests that the act has been dehumanized and devoid of any sort of passion and commitment between partners. Since many of the citizens in the society have been having sex since they where in elementary, "We had Elementary Sex for the first forty minutes"(Huxley,22) this suggests that people are conditioned to commit sexual favours with each and other.
Conditioning in this society is used in order to have the citizens accept and embrace their living standards. People are conditioned to dislike everything about other castes systems which completely wipes out any sort of motivation, jealousy, and destiny. Many of the people in the Brave New World are one dimensional and do not have any characteristics people in the current world cherish and value. “COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY” the words used in this motto are the values that
The Illusion of Happiness is shown in this book in many different ways and are usually connected to the controllers of the state. Soma is labeled as the perfect drug by the Brave New World and also the World State because there are no backlashes from taking it, many of the users are encouraged to take it "And do remember that a gramme is better than a damn." They went out, laughing.” (Huxley, 54) this hypnopeadic saying confirms that soma will replicate many of the human emotions. Many of the citizens of Brave New World are being conditioned and through science they are effectively suppressing and distorting any sort of feelings they have with each other. In the new world, sexual promiscuity is a law and having any sort of emotional attachment to anyone is considered illegal. Sex is dealt as a public topic rather than it being a public matter and suggests that the act has been dehumanized and devoid of any sort of passion and commitment between partners. Since many of the citizens in the society have been having sex since they where in elementary, "We had Elementary Sex for the first forty minutes"(Huxley,22) this suggests that people are conditioned to commit sexual favours with each and other.
Conditioning in this society is used in order to have the citizens accept and embrace their living standards. People are conditioned to dislike everything about other castes systems which completely wipes out any sort of motivation, jealousy, and destiny. Many of the people in the Brave New World are one dimensional and do not have any characteristics people in the current world cherish and value. “COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY” the words used in this motto are the values that