'Brave New World'

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This paper takes a look at Aldous Huxley's book, 'Brave New World'. According to the paper, 'Brave New World' contains some criticism of the social order of Huxley's time but gains its greatest power by projecting the customs and trends of his own time into the future. The paper also discusses how the book notes the scientific trends in Huxley's time and applies them and their natural offspring to the society of the future.

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"One might assume that love was also a positive emotion, but love contains the possibility of negative elements and personal pain, so love is another emotion that must be eliminated in this controlled society. In the novel as in love, love often comes unbidden, and this is what occurs between Bernard and Lenina (the inherent criticism of socialism is evident in the names Bernard Marx and Lenina). Because of the society in which they live, the two do not immediately recognize their feelings for one another as love. Lenina has had a sense of need for something in her life for some time before she meets Bernard, and even this unformed feeling is criticized by her friend."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ferns, Chris. Narrating Utopia: Ideology, Gender, Form in Utopian Literature. Liverpool, England: Liverpool University Press, 1999.
• Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: HarperCollins, 1932.
• Moylan, Tom. Scraps of the Untainted Sky: Science Fiction, Utopia, Dystopia. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 2000.
• Woodcock, George. "Five Who Fear the Future." New Republic, 16 April 1956: 17-20.

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