"Brave New World"

Book Review # 116439

"Brave New World"

This paper analyzes how Aldous Huxley in "Brave New World" conveys the dehumanization inherent in a scientifically planned society.

1,527 words () | 1 source | APA | 2008 Bangladesh

Paper Summary:

The paper provides a linguistic analysis of the opening chapter of Aldous Huxley's novel "Brave New World" to demonstrate how it conveys to us scientific dystopia. The paper highlights the principle theme of the novel that secular philosophy leads to the destruction of thought and describes how this leads to a society that is manufactured as a clockwork, and breeds humans artificially according to a plan. The paper points out the linguistic devices used to convey these scenarios.

From the Paper:

"The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley tries to show us the extreme consequences of social planning. As Huxley makes it, it is a project begun in philosophy, and ending in a few philosophers exercising control over larger society in order to suppress philosophy among the generality. The remnant of philosophers has earned the wisdom that thinking is deleterious to human happiness and social stability. Therefore the overriding goal of the 27th century world community is to suppress the natural human inclinations. In effect the community is only of the small coterie of philosophers at the helm, for the rest of humanity is maintained at a bestial level of existence by their machinations. They are bred artificially, and then raised through constant conditioning, all designed to make them function on their animal instincts alone, and so that they abhor the least tendency to reflection."