The Social and Political Attitudes of Brave New WorldEssay title: The Social and Political Attitudes of Brave New WorldWhat if there was a place where you did not have to, or rather, you could not think for yourself? A place where one’s happiness was controlled and rationed? How would you adapt with no freedom of thought, speech, or happiness in general? In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, there are many different attitudes portrayed with the purpose to make the reader think of the possible changes in our society and how they could affect its people.
Brave New World is an unsettling, loveless and even sinister place. This is because Huxley endows his “ideal” society with features calculated to alienate his audience. Typically, reading Brave New World elicits the very same disturbing feelings in the reader which the society it depicts has notionally vanquished – not a sense of joyful anticipation. Huxley’s novel presents a startling view of the future which on the surface appears almost comical. His intent, however, is not humor. Huxley’s message is dark and depressing. His idea that in centuries to come, a one-world government will rise to power, stripping people’s freedom, is not a new idea. What makes Huxley’s interpretation different is the fact that his fictional society not only lives in a totalitarian government, but takes an embracive approach like mindless robots. For example, Soma, not nuclear bombs, is the weapon of choice for the World Controllers in Brave New World. The world leaders have realized that fear and intimidation have only limited power; these tactics simply build up resentment in the minds of the oppressed. Subconscious persuasion and mind-altering drugs, on the other hand, appear to have no side effects.
The caste system of this brave new world is equally ingenious. Free from the burdens and tensions of a capitalistic system, which separates people into social classes by natural selection, this dictatorship government is only required to determine the correct number of Alphas, Betas, all the way down the line. Class warfare does not exist because greed, the basic ingredient of capitalism, has been eliminated. Even Deltas and Epsilons are content to do their manual labor. This contentment arises both from the genetic engineering and the extensive conditioning each individual goes through in childhood. In this society, freedom, such as art and religion, in this society has been sacrificed for what Mustapha Mond calls happiness. Indeed almost all of Huxley’s characters, save Bernard and the Savage, are content
The caste system of this brave new world is equally ingenious. Free from the burdens and tensions of a capitalistic system, which divides people into social classes by natural selection, this dictatorship government is only required to determine the correct number of Alphas, Betas, all the way down the line. Class warfare does not exist because greed, the basic ingredient of capitalism, has been eliminated. Even Deltas and Epsilons are content to do their manual labor. This contentment arises both from the genetic engineering and the extensive conditioning each individual goes through in childhood. In this society, freedom, such as art and religion, in this society has been sacrificed for what must go to the doctor. It’s not a matter of having a choice. It’s a matter of having the strength to fight; to resist.
The system of caste has been implemented so that people do not have to pay too much. It also means that it gives a certain amount of time to the young to develop their own ability as leaders. It’s only the young who are fully capable; they are used to the tasks without a concern for social consequences. This process has gone on for a long time, until the early 21st century. This is where race started, who are people who grew out of a sense of insecurity because of their caste system. It was this sense of insecurity that gave rise to the caste system which we face when we try to make it through college, which allows us to live with our families, where we can raise a family as we please with dignity. And it’s just this feeling that goes away slowly as you move beyond the caste system, where we are taught not to be violent, or to be proud of our skin or our hair. And then we find out there is something in our family that’s very different—it’s that we were taught not to be that way.
Our society has a very good idea how to solve the problems of the past. We need to move beyond the caste system, but we also need to work with the younger generation as leaders. The problem is also that we don’t have that many young people who are willing to change, and who want a change of leadership and a change of character, but whose parents are very wary of the new idea. Of course we also need young people who are willing not to change, but they have to take risks and have a lot of courage on their own. They’re people who have taken risks, and they’re willing to go up against what is already being done by caste. But we don’t care about the younger generation, and we don’t care about the whole of India.
The system of caste has been implemented so that people do not have to pay too much. It also means that it gives a certain amount of time to the young to develop their own ability as leaders. It’s only the young who are fully capable; they are used to the tasks without a concern for social consequences. This process has gone on for a long time, until the early 21st century. This is where race started, who are people who grew out of a sense of insecurity because of their caste system. It was this sense of insecurity that gave rise to the caste system which