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Brave New World
(1931)
Huxley's Brave New World is a remarkable piece of writing which prophesies the futuristic world. The concept of nature through the character of John the Savage depicts volumes about the totalitarian state which the author portrays beautifully. The irony and satire with which he whips 1931 London society is worth reading.
Dr. Leon Kass, a prominent public intellectual said in a speech to the Manhattan Institute that the "train to Huxley's dehumanized Brave New World has already left the station".
Huxley's work is a brilliant masterpiece which is extraordinarily prophetic, challenging developments in science and technology. Genetic Engineering, mutations, and Bio-technological advancements will take man away from nature. Though these are advantageous, slowly and steadily the natural instincts in man are being 'civilized'.--Submitted by Allan Thai
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The book Brave New world is a masterpiece of genius. There are uncivilized people living on reservations and a women named Linda and her son John get to leave the reservation. Linda is happy to be back in the civilized world. While John is having fun he is also very disgusted about soma, because he found out that when his mother was still in the Brave New World she had to take some. I can tell you why Linda and John are on the reservation--the director of the conditioning centre got Linda pregnant and he left her there, because he didn't want anybody to find out what he did to poor Linda. And when Linda gave birth to John she didn't care about him at first, but she learned that John is her son and she has to take care of him. As I was saying they go into the civilized world and John finds out that the brave new world isn't what he thought it was. After a while John finds out that his mother died while she was on a soma vacation. It says in the book that soma is a drug that keeps everybody happy, but John doesn't like the way it is used and what effects it has on people. And I forgot to mention that I saw the movie and it wasn't very interesting as I thought it would be. But I thought that the movie should have been ranked a three star ranking. As I was saying while Bernard and his friend are waiting for John, John is at the hospital throwing soma out the window, because he wants everybody to know what the world is like that their in at that point in time. The so called utopia is actually a world that everybody has no freedom, everybody in the Brave New World have to obey all of the laws and if there is anybody that is different they will get into really big trouble. I have read the book and it it's a lot longer than the movie so I suggest that anybody that reads this should read the book The Brave New World.--Submitted by Bryan A. Patterson
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Literary standard of Huxley’s “New Brave World”
(First of all: I’m not a native speaker so I excuse myself for my mistakes. Please feel free to correct my English.) I know I’m committing sacrilege by this question but nevertheless: How do you assess the literary standard of Huxley’s novel “New Brave World”? Undoubtedly, his satirical, social ideas, his humor here and there and the fact that he wrote the book in 1932 are astonishing. That’s why I enjoyed reading the novel, like some others books by Huxley. But the characters and the plot seem to me rather fabricated for giving voice to all this ideas. There is only few live in them. And of course there is this prolixity... Many sentences and paragraphs could be deleted without any serious loss for the plot or even the expressed ideas. I hope this admittedly provocative posting will cause an interesting debate. :smilewinkgrin:
Posted By Learner at Fri 17 Feb 2012, 3:09 PM in A Brave New World || 2 Replies
I need some help writing an essay on Brave New World
So this is my assignment: Prompt: Consider the motto of the world order: community, identity, stability. How does this relate to the events of the story? Craft a 5 paragraph essay in which you use textual support/quotes (MLA) in the body of your essay to validate your main points. Ok so I'm generally HORRIBLE at writing essays haha so I'm asking for some tips on this thing... I don't even know where to start or even how to put it into words. If i had some idea on what to do from the first to last paragraph i could get it done. I'm just not good at writing essays...
Posted By planbskaterdude at Tue 6 Sep 2011, 2:40 PM in A Brave New World || 1 Reply
Essay comparing BNW and 1984
Hi, I'm doing an essay in school comparing these two works. However, I'm strugglign to think of a title as there is simply so much to compare and contrast and argue when it comes to these two novels. I had thought about 'how the authors create a hopeless and pessimistic dystopia' or 'Orwell creates a more hopeless and pessimistic dystopia than Huxley'. I was also thinking of doing a question on the individual against society ... It has to be an argument to get the higher marks, the teacher said the phrase 'To what extent' is the best way to start the question. Any help? Thanks
Posted By Oli at Sun 23 Jan 2011, 9:42 AM in A Brave New World || 0 Replies
brave new world
did anyone of you ever read aldous huxleys "brave new world"? if so, how did you like it? because to me , it offers like plenty of different topics to talk about and to discuss, but i really hated the way it was written, because it took me like ages to read just one chapter. how do you feel about that? i'd like to hear some different opinions and perspectives =) thx for the answers
Posted By yvelines at Thu 4 Mar 2010, 7:43 AM in A Brave New World || 7 Replies
Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World Study Guides
Hey there, I'm comparing these two novels for my AH English dissertation and I'm looking for some detailed study guides to either buy or borrow. This is an example of what I'm talking about (although it does look a bit simplistic): http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/Notes_on_Orwells_Nineteen_Eighty_four/9780764585852 Can any of you recommend me some good study guides? Cheers
Posted By lcmd at Sat 27 Feb 2010, 4:44 AM in A Brave New World || 0 Replies
Help?
I'm currently writing an essay on A Brave New World as a literary critique of Utilitarianism. If anyone knows anything on the subject or has any ideas or tips they would be greatly appreciated!
Posted By nikki369 at Sun 13 Dec 2009, 2:11 PM in A Brave New World || 1 Reply
A Brave New World
What exactly was wrong with the future depicted by Aldous Huxley in A Brave New World? I haven't read the book but I'm hesitant to because I've heard that it is anti libertarianism/trans-humanism/utopianism and I see nothing wrong with using technology to eliminate human suffering or creating the most desirable, utopian society possible. I don't understand why people who claim a utopian society is impractical would continue to bring children into a world they consider to be unalterably harsh or painful but that's another discussion. Whether it sounds closedminded or not, I'm just not in the mood to read something that will espouse a view that I consider to be stupid.
Posted By African_Love at Sun 29 Nov 2009, 6:20 PM in A Brave New World || 22 Replies
Conditioning
I have just finished reading A Brave New World I book that I have always wanted to read but never found the opportunity to until recently. I enjoyed the book immensely and particularly enjoyed the end of the book where there was discussion of God and the nature of man. I loved when the Controller finally pointed to the supreme fallacy that John held, that despite the fact he was not conditioned in the same way as the "civilized" man had been, he had in fact been conditioned. He feels he acts naturally and the beliefs he holds are in fact "right" in the objection to the "other" but his God, his believe he suffering to appreciate beauty is also a cultural construction. Marriage, love, poetry is all simply the process of conditioning. The reason I enjoyed this part of the discussion some much was that I was afraid before hand that what I was reading was a piece of culturally relativist literature, as in: it is unnatural their way of life because it is not in the way we see society operate today. First problem that arises in John's mind is the lack of Marriage, which has been seen in many cultures across our history, but not all. In the Na tribes in southern China there is no nuclear family, there is no marriage there is simply random fornication similar to the relationships developed in A Brave New World the simple existence of such a tribe contradicts our concept of inter-gender relations to such a degree that one has to submit that marriage, though not wrong, is not necessarily natural. It is our raising that allows us to feel that marriage is natural, the nuclear family is natural. This conditioning that spreads not only to our family life but the way we act towards members of community, and the reason we shame those that do not follow or brake our conditions. In A Brave New World we see a mass of people executing life in a way we do not and we say that this is wrong. The lack of Liberty is wrong. The infidelity is wrong. The drug use is wrong. We think this just as John thought it, and near the end of the book, the Controller shows John as he is, a hypocrite. The arguments that John poses are relevant only in implications of his own raising, he sees the other is is disgusted as the other is when they hear him talk longingly for his mother, or of his unwillingness to fornicate. This really seems more like Huxley isn't depicting a Dystopian society as opposed to an alternative society. The character of John really being the character of the reader, who will reject this culture immediately under a grand presumption of their knowledge of nature. Truly I would have been interested even more if this same story was told with Nietzsche’s Zarathustra being brought in as the "Savage." To hear the man who said we have to destroy our conditioning to know our true nature. Though I would believe that the result would be the same. He would cry "I belong to Me" and would go live among the rabbits in the lavender covered hills.
Posted By rabid reader at Fri 24 Jul 2009, 3:57 PM in A Brave New World || 0 Replies
Comparing BNW & Anthem
I am looking for some help on comparing both of these texts, i am looking to compare the two characters Prometheus and John for both find and seek individuality in a very non-individualistic society. I was wondering if anyone had good details on events that prompted this shift, and if anyone knew any good quotes or sections that focus greatly on individuality and the world state. Thanks for anyone who can help me
Posted By aaronlennon at Mon 8 Jun 2009, 9:23 PM in A Brave New World || 0 Replies
Plz help have question! (brave new world)
Hello, I am doing a research paper on Brave New World and I wanted to know what a feminist literary critic would think about the style of dress of the characters in Brave New World. It would be great if you could give me as much information as possible on what it might symbolize or how it might relate to gender roles and sexuality in the book. Please Please help me!:crash: BraveNewGirl
Posted By BraveNewGirl at Tue 21 Apr 2009, 4:29 PM in A Brave New World || 3 Replies