Dangers of a Totalitarian Society Exposed in Brave New World :: Brave New World

Dangers of a totalistic Society Exposed in Brave New World                                                                        On a superficial level Brave New World is the portrayal of a perfect society. The citizens of this Utopia live in a society that is apologize of depression and most of the social-economic problems that trouble the population today. All aspects of life be controlled for the people of this society population numbers, social tell apart, and intellectual ability. History is controlled and rewritten to shell the needs of the state. All this is d hotshot in the name of social stability. When one looks beneath the surface of this perfect society it becomes evident that it is nothing of the sort. Eugenics, social conditioning, and anti-depressant drugs reserve solved many of the problems faced by many modern societies poverty, class tensions and overpopulation but at the costs of individuality and with that their humanity. The citizens of brave new world are engineered to suite the needs of the state. Individual expression is impossible because everyone is t each(prenominal) to think alike. Brave New World is a book closely a prox that seems more viable and less brave with each passing day as our values become more mercenary(a) and as our faith in God dwindles slowly to be replaced by technology. Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World to increase our awareness of this frightening future we seem to be progressing towards so we can prevent it from happening. In the futuristic society of the novel, God has been replaced by science and technology as a source substance and meaning in life. As a issuance the words Christ and God are replaced w ith Ford. This is done because Huxley believed that the shift in emphasis from God to technology occurred, to a large extent, with Henry Fords ledger entry of the Model-T.1 Instead of using the Christian calendar this date is used as the opening date of a new era the date is afterward Ford (A.F.) 632. This shift in vastness is symbolized by substituting the Christian Cross with the Ford T.2 The motto of the new World State that flat controls the world is Community, Stability, Identity. This motto emphasizes the importance of the society over the individual. Community emphasizes the importance of the individual as a contributor to society.