It is interesting how individuals are those who make the greatest advances in mankind, yet it is human nature to want to be a part of something, to conform to those around them. Those who go against their basic instincts and think out loud are those who are first considered mavericks or protestors but over times become heroes to future generations. Which is why being an individual is the greatest think one can be. In both Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and 1984 by George Orwell individuals are punished or casted away from society as they are a danger to the artificially created stability which lies within these societies. In these dystopias measures have been taken to insure individual thinking is no longer possible. Firstly, dystopian literature explores the problems that arise when governments use brainwashing in order to prevent any unique thoughts within their citizens. Secondly, dystopian literature explores the consequences that derive when governments choose to alter arts and media that provoke individual opinion in order to prevent distinction within the population. Thirdly, in dystopian societies class structure is used to prevent singularity within the population. Dystopian fiction explores the removal of individuality using dystopian control methods in society. Dystopian literature explores the problems that arise when governments use brainwashing in order to prevent any unique thoughts within their citizens. The setting is London, better known as airstrip one in the year 1984. In a world where nuclear war has forced countries divided into three mega states, Oceania, Eastasia and Eurasia, society has been created in a completely different way. A totalitarian government rules over the repressive society they have created. Society has been divided into three class structures, Inner Party, outer Party and proletarians. The inner Party controls every detail and aspect of their population always ensuring their society is in order. They
Cited: Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 1932. Print. Orwell, George. 1984. New York: Signet classics Publishing, 1961. Print