Theme Of Freedom In Brave New World

Speaking of which, freedom is a frequent theme that appears throughout the hero’s journey in every single work discussed in this honors course. With every one of these stories containing the theme of freedom, this could not be possible without some type of restraint or authoritarian regime present in such story. In 1984, it is the Party and Big Brother being that restraint; in Brave New World, that restraint is The Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning; in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, that restraint was the White Witch and her reign over Narnia, and the list goes on. All of these stories have some reason as to why freedom is warranted and desired, without this incentive, the theme and desire of freedom cannot be present.
However, freedom can mean different things to different people and can be
Winston Smith and Julia want to be in a loving and sexual relationship together so badly, they want to feel the rush that is sexual intercourse, and they want to dress however they want without government interference. But they can’t because the Party is extremely anti-sex, the Party is nothing but a straight-jacket. However, in Brave New World, where freedom of individuality is definitely the type of freedom that’s being long for, it’s the exact opposite from the type in 1984. Instead of longing for sexual liberty, Bernard Marx—until he completely disappoints us all and becomes another brick in the wall—wants to be able to not be happy if he doesn’t want and not feel pressured into constant casual sex. Though his mind was programed to be happy by his society, he couldn’t help but feel like he wanted more to life than just superficial happiness and mass orgies; he wanted the right to be unhappy if he wanted to. Both 1984 and Brave New World sought to create a better world where freedom of choice was