Brave New World And Anthem Analysis
John Emerich Edward Dalberg said, "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." In the novels Anthem and Brave New World, Ayn Rand and Aldous Huxley explain what life in a dystopian society is like through the eyes of two outcasts; Equality 7-2521 and Bernard Marx. Neither agree with the action of their councils and try to do something about it but cannot because they are the only ones that actually notice the corruption. Which causes them to create a new society. Through the novels Anthem and Brave New World, the authors show how societies that claim to be perfect while in reality are as corrupt as possible, can cause the society to lose no only its ways, but also its humanity.
The society in Anthem is corrupt because the members are living off one another and fear living as individuals. They have no identity and are pretty much living for the community. The word "I" doesn’t even exist, everyone has to call themselves by "we". " We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE..." (Rand 19). They are not allowed to think of life as theirs. The only source of identity they do have is the group identity, all …show more content…
Starting from birth, the government uses technology and medical intervention to create identical copies of humans. Everyone is placed into one of the five castes" Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons. "They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki..." (Huxley 27). The lower the caste, the younger, dumber, and uglier the people are. That is the only way people in the society are distinct. The adults can only interact with each other and not to any lesser groups. The protagonist, Bernard Marx is considered an outcast in the community because he is shorter than other Alphas. Bernard begins to feel lonely, insecure, and most definitely isolated. In light of that, he leaves and is introduced to a new
The society in Anthem is corrupt because the members are living off one another and fear living as individuals. They have no identity and are pretty much living for the community. The word "I" doesn’t even exist, everyone has to call themselves by "we". " We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE..." (Rand 19). They are not allowed to think of life as theirs. The only source of identity they do have is the group identity, all …show more content…
Starting from birth, the government uses technology and medical intervention to create identical copies of humans. Everyone is placed into one of the five castes" Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons. "They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki..." (Huxley 27). The lower the caste, the younger, dumber, and uglier the people are. That is the only way people in the society are distinct. The adults can only interact with each other and not to any lesser groups. The protagonist, Bernard Marx is considered an outcast in the community because he is shorter than other Alphas. Bernard begins to feel lonely, insecure, and most definitely isolated. In light of that, he leaves and is introduced to a new