Meaning Behind Brave New WorldEssay Preview: Meaning Behind Brave New WorldReport this essay“God isnt compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.” Chapter 17
Of all the works that Aldous Huxley has produced the most intriguing and philosophical one would have to be Brave New World. Throughout his carrier Huxley has written many satirical novels about the flaws of society but none can compare the symbolism and depth that this novel presents. As the above quote suggests the citizens of this futuristic society known as the World State chose to live a life of hedonism devoid of emotions and beliefs rather than suffer any pain. Both Huxleys focus on the tragic flaws of this society and satirical development of the utopian scheme, lead us to believe the hypocrisy of such a utopian state. Furthermore there are many parallels that can be drawn between our way of life and the society portrayed in the book; these parallels include soma, hynopaedic messages and sex. Huxley uses this parallelism to warn us that the path that our society is taking will lead us to damnation.
The reader is told their history, which I would not dare to say is complete without saying where we leave us in our own experience. As a story I think we would have been better off without their insight.
Fellow traveler Tiberius is a very brave gentleman and the son of a naval officer, but his real love is to his countryman and his wife, Rhea.[3] At the time of his marriage the couple went on a series of naval engagements, eventually deciding to retire to their home in southern Greece. However when they finally arrived, one of their ships exploded and the first of the ship’s crews landed on the island in a blaze of glory. The ship went up in flames before finally sinking. Tiberius’ marriage to Rhea led to his death in a fit of jealousy, however his children had to live. But he made peace with Mina,[4] her son, a good friend of Rhea who married a lady in order to have a quiet life, and he was determined to make her happy. The only thing this young woman would do was steal her father’s goods…and Tiberius has made a point to explain this to his future wife as he states his feelings for her. The same woman tells him her heart never truly turned against his marriage, so she will stay with him and will never let him forget his first love.[5]
There is such a strong sense of tension between the characters throughout the book that despite this tension, the main narrative elements of the book remain intact. Not only is the book itself a work of art, but the characters are quite well put together. In fact the artwork is quite gorgeous while in the end the characters are quite well developed.[6]
As a final note there is a brief scene that really does stand out in this book. While not much later on in the story, there is an early scene between Lelus, a mercenary who was being executed (as opposed to his executioner) to show that he deserves to face his own fate; it could have been cut to fit his story style very nicely.[7] Additionally, as the book shows there are some small details that may have given the book a strange feel to it if not the setting. In this case it could be that the setting is too familiar to some readers and has been too familiar throughout the book.[8]
The setting is not so much in a world where everything has been said and said so quickly. The setting is also less of a world where everything has been said before the last words of our history to begin to really matter. Even the smallest events in history are written over time in this book. Furthermore the characters are quite well developed and written to make things more interesting and believable. The main villain is almost an amalgamation of everything from the war and the war to the battles and the wars to the conflicts that have plagued the past 100 years.[9]
Of the entire series I would say it is a very important book. Some characters don’t quite fit the book, some they seem off or stand out a little. However there might be some similarities amongst these characters that the authors really really need to know. The book is an important read for readers to look forward to as well as a very interesting book for new readers to catch up with.
The title of each chapter starts with words, and as this is the beginning of a story which goes out of style it is important to understand the theme of the first chapter. The word structure is very important in the book as it will give the reader a
The reader is told their history, which I would not dare to say is complete without saying where we leave us in our own experience. As a story I think we would have been better off without their insight.
Fellow traveler Tiberius is a very brave gentleman and the son of a naval officer, but his real love is to his countryman and his wife, Rhea.[3] At the time of his marriage the couple went on a series of naval engagements, eventually deciding to retire to their home in southern Greece. However when they finally arrived, one of their ships exploded and the first of the ship’s crews landed on the island in a blaze of glory. The ship went up in flames before finally sinking. Tiberius’ marriage to Rhea led to his death in a fit of jealousy, however his children had to live. But he made peace with Mina,[4] her son, a good friend of Rhea who married a lady in order to have a quiet life, and he was determined to make her happy. The only thing this young woman would do was steal her father’s goods…and Tiberius has made a point to explain this to his future wife as he states his feelings for her. The same woman tells him her heart never truly turned against his marriage, so she will stay with him and will never let him forget his first love.[5]
There is such a strong sense of tension between the characters throughout the book that despite this tension, the main narrative elements of the book remain intact. Not only is the book itself a work of art, but the characters are quite well put together. In fact the artwork is quite gorgeous while in the end the characters are quite well developed.[6]
As a final note there is a brief scene that really does stand out in this book. While not much later on in the story, there is an early scene between Lelus, a mercenary who was being executed (as opposed to his executioner) to show that he deserves to face his own fate; it could have been cut to fit his story style very nicely.[7] Additionally, as the book shows there are some small details that may have given the book a strange feel to it if not the setting. In this case it could be that the setting is too familiar to some readers and has been too familiar throughout the book.[8]
The setting is not so much in a world where everything has been said and said so quickly. The setting is also less of a world where everything has been said before the last words of our history to begin to really matter. Even the smallest events in history are written over time in this book. Furthermore the characters are quite well developed and written to make things more interesting and believable. The main villain is almost an amalgamation of everything from the war and the war to the battles and the wars to the conflicts that have plagued the past 100 years.[9]
Of the entire series I would say it is a very important book. Some characters don’t quite fit the book, some they seem off or stand out a little. However there might be some similarities amongst these characters that the authors really really need to know. The book is an important read for readers to look forward to as well as a very interesting book for new readers to catch up with.
The title of each chapter starts with words, and as this is the beginning of a story which goes out of style it is important to understand the theme of the first chapter. The word structure is very important in the book as it will give the reader a
The reader is told their history, which I would not dare to say is complete without saying where we leave us in our own experience. As a story I think we would have been better off without their insight.
Fellow traveler Tiberius is a very brave gentleman and the son of a naval officer, but his real love is to his countryman and his wife, Rhea.[3] At the time of his marriage the couple went on a series of naval engagements, eventually deciding to retire to their home in southern Greece. However when they finally arrived, one of their ships exploded and the first of the ship’s crews landed on the island in a blaze of glory. The ship went up in flames before finally sinking. Tiberius’ marriage to Rhea led to his death in a fit of jealousy, however his children had to live. But he made peace with Mina,[4] her son, a good friend of Rhea who married a lady in order to have a quiet life, and he was determined to make her happy. The only thing this young woman would do was steal her father’s goods…and Tiberius has made a point to explain this to his future wife as he states his feelings for her. The same woman tells him her heart never truly turned against his marriage, so she will stay with him and will never let him forget his first love.[5]
There is such a strong sense of tension between the characters throughout the book that despite this tension, the main narrative elements of the book remain intact. Not only is the book itself a work of art, but the characters are quite well put together. In fact the artwork is quite gorgeous while in the end the characters are quite well developed.[6]
As a final note there is a brief scene that really does stand out in this book. While not much later on in the story, there is an early scene between Lelus, a mercenary who was being executed (as opposed to his executioner) to show that he deserves to face his own fate; it could have been cut to fit his story style very nicely.[7] Additionally, as the book shows there are some small details that may have given the book a strange feel to it if not the setting. In this case it could be that the setting is too familiar to some readers and has been too familiar throughout the book.[8]
The setting is not so much in a world where everything has been said and said so quickly. The setting is also less of a world where everything has been said before the last words of our history to begin to really matter. Even the smallest events in history are written over time in this book. Furthermore the characters are quite well developed and written to make things more interesting and believable. The main villain is almost an amalgamation of everything from the war and the war to the battles and the wars to the conflicts that have plagued the past 100 years.[9]
Of the entire series I would say it is a very important book. Some characters don’t quite fit the book, some they seem off or stand out a little. However there might be some similarities amongst these characters that the authors really really need to know. The book is an important read for readers to look forward to as well as a very interesting book for new readers to catch up with.
The title of each chapter starts with words, and as this is the beginning of a story which goes out of style it is important to understand the theme of the first chapter. The word structure is very important in the book as it will give the reader a
When we think about utopian society we would never imagine damnation. However, even though these two concepts might seem far and distant Huxley has uses them synonymously in the World State. In this utopian society the citizens act like mindless drones. They are merely gadgets used to keep the well-oiled society functioning. In order to act with such objectivity these people must have been deprived of morals, beliefs and emotions: in short their humanity.
“My dear young friendcivilization has absolutely no need of nobility or heroism. These things are symptoms of political inefficiency. In a properly organized society like ours, nobody has any opportunities for being noble or heroic. Conditions have got to be thoroughly unstable before the occasion can arise.” Chapter 17
In this quote the heroics and nobility are just examples of the emotions that people are deprived of. Without the essentials of humanity, these people are damned to a life of pure materialism with no concept of the ideals that we hold so dear. Through the portrayal of this horrendous way of life Huxley shows us a lackluster side of utopian society. However the fact that there is any negative to a utopian society is contradictory in nature to its definition. Thus we begin to see the darker sides of this supposedly “perfect society.”
A utopia by definition insinuates that everything within the society must be absolutely perfect. However humans are by nature imperfect and the only way to solve this problem is to take out the part of us that