Aldous Huxley And Orwell 's Dystopian Dispute

The world that Orwell presents in Nineteen Eighty-four has often been called a nightmare vision of the future. Writing sixteen years into that future, we can see that not all of Orwell’s predictions have been fulfilled in their entirety! Yet,

Totalitarianism diminishes the idea of individuality and destroys all chances of self-improvement, and human’s natural hunger for knowledge. In George Orwell’s famous novel, “1984”, totalitarianism is clearly seen in the exaggerated control of the state over every single citizen, everyday, everywhere. Totalitarianism can also be seen in the book “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, in which humans are synthetically made and conditioned for their predestinated purpose on earth. The lack of individualism will lead a community towards a dystopia in which freedom is vanished by the uncontrolled power of the state.

America has long promised a life of ease for all citizens. Today, our technological and scientific developments keep thousands of people, if not happy, then comfortable. Correspondingly, the inhabitants of the World State portrayed in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World live entirely content lifestyles due to their technological and scientific advances. Both the World State and modern American societies share a common background, and while Huxley’s futuristic world may have advanced farther than our society has, America is continually developing into a Brave New World. Parallels of the two worlds exist in abundance within the novel, perhaps the most obvious examples of which lie in the desire to retain youth and the use of drugs in both societies.

A dystopian society is one with restricted freedom, whose values are worshipped by citizens who live in fear of surveillance or punishment. In 1984 by George Orwell, the protagonist lives in a futuristic world, controlled by big brother and the inner party over aspects of human life. In Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr, the fear of egalitarian policies, and the dangers of equality take over. In The Purge by James DeMonaco, the citizens relief to self-regulate violence and to protect themselves and their family from the protagonist. All dystopian literature shares similar characteristics, winston which is the protagonist in 1984, he lives in a society where the government takes over and tries to brainwash the citizens making them believe they live in a illusion of a perfect world. Winston is depicted and physically ill, but strong enough not to give in. “Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past.” (Orwell 12). George Bergeron is the protagonist in Harrison Bergeron, the government makes him wear a radio, which broadcasts noise over these radios to interrupt the thoughts of smart people like George. ‘’Screams and barking cries of consternation came from the television set’’ (Vonnegut 2). Sergeant was the protagonist in the purge, he risked his life by saving others life for a night of horror. The Purge, Harrison Bergeron, and 1984 were all based off government, society where there is limiting and controlling the population. ‘’We

As the events in the book unfold, many differences can be noticed between our own society and Aldous Huxley’s masterfully crafted society from Brave New World. The world that Aldous has created is strict and inhumane compared to the world we live in today. The differences in the book come from the practices that are put in place in their utopia many of which also make them seem less human than our everyday living. Although there are many differences throughout the book and the modern world there is also many times brave new world shadows our contemporary society. In this essay I will present just how different yet similar close these two worlds are.

To be free, one must be enslaved. This simple oxymoron paves the path for the basis of the societal struggles in Alduous Huxley’s Brave New World. The year is A.F. 632 in London, England and a true utopia has been established: “community, identity, stability” (Huxley 1). In fact, that is the World State’s motto. Casual sex and mandatory orgy porgy force a sense of community onto its citizens.

The 1930’s ring of the days of the Great Depression, an era of famine, unemployment, and a healthy balance of economic turmoil. Among these grey signs of the times also rose the works of Authors such as George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, most famously known for their dystopian novels 1984 and Brave New World , which dive into completely opposite yet stunningly similar views of a utopia gone wrong. In each, citizens should strive for a certain “Identity”, one of patriotism and constant labour in 1984 and that of instant and constant gratification in Brave New World.

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World has taken its place as #36 on the list of most banned books between 2000 and 2009. The novel has been banned high and low; in Ireland for its distasteful language, anti-domestic and anti-religious values, in Seattle for the racism of Native Americans, removed from classrooms in Miller, Missouri for its promiscuous influence on teens, and in India for being pornographic. Even so, the list of bannings continues on. Reasons for the censoring of Brave New World may have significance, yet are not justifiable when compared with the importance of the novel. Brave New World is a social satire that depicts a “Utopian” society under a totalitarian-based government that functions on sex and drugs.

At first glance, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World feels quite odd and out of place. Reading a story about a “perfect society” where people do not feel or think for themselves does not make for much lighthearted conversation. However, after taking a closer look, deeper meaning begins to seep through this tale. Through Bernard's initial views on his society's leniency towards casual sex, society's use of the drug soma, and Mustapha Mond's explanation as to why God becomes obsolete in a perfect society, this utopian-set story serves as a warning to modern society of what may come to fruition in the future.

The citizens of Oceania are stuck in helpless situations full of insane laws, are punished cruelly by a controlling government, and ripped of their privacy and individualism. Citizens discover that there is no way to escape the controlling and cruel laws of their government. George Orwell try to show us how our actions can affect us, and how this may happen in the future if we do not change our path now. Although the year 1984 has passed, Orwell's prophetic vision of the future can still become

Throughout history the powerful few have managed to seize control of a state and exercise their power and influence in a manner that inflicts great damage on a few for the alleged benefit of the many. To further their agenda these dictators vilify and oppress a small group in society and justify their actions by claiming that the persecuted group is inferior, subversive and represent a danger to society. This pattern of persecution can be observed as far back as the 1500s in the Spanish Inquisition, in the 1700s with the Salem Witch Hunts or more recently in Nazi Germany. The persecuted in all of these tragedies share in common at least one thing: they fail to effectively express opposition to their oppression. In the classic dystopian

Aldous Huxley believed the world to be in a moral decline, that eventually, he predicted, would result in the dystopian world he wrote about: An irreversible world in which morals are dictated by the controllers not out of reasoning. Seen in the passage above, the government controls the rights and wrongs of mere infants through loud noises and electric shock therapy. Right and wrong no longer comes from religion or learning, but stems from state conditioning such as brain washing and sleep teaching. From these lessons, children learn to embrace ideas that, previously, had been seen as immoral and immodest acts of sin. Lust is condoned to the point where “everyone belongs to every one else.” (Huxley Ch. 7). Sex, as was stated previously, is

Society in Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World was an exaggerated society of the United States during the 1920s. These extreme societal boundaries were unknowingly predicting the future. Brave New World developed a liberal trend toward materialistic views on physical pleasure. Throughout the novel, there was dependence on science for reproduction, open-minded views on sex and, ideological concepts that disvalue family and relationship. In the modern-day United States these views are reciprocal and ever-present, however, these views were not directly mirrored, values today are not completely lost.

In his novel 1984, George Orwell portrays a perfectly dystopian society: an all-powerful government, its repressed people, and the detailed mechanisms that allow these two vastly different groups to take place and interact as they do. The book serves as a caution of what would happen if people succumbed to the chains forced on or offered to them by the mighty. Methods similar to the ones used by the government in 1984 to hold on to leadership of the state are also being used by the 2016 presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, in their election efforts. These said devices are purposed primarily to improve their image to the public, because it is these images that the public will use to decide who to vote for. A multitude of strategies are brought into play in this game of perception--from scapegoats to slogans and everything in between--by both the fictitious 1984 authorities and the very real presidential nominees.

Drugs, promiscuous sex, birth control, and total happiness are the core values of the World State in the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. In today’s society things like drug use and reckless sex are often seen as taboo, but in World State, these activities are glorified and even considered normal. Aldous Huxley attempts to address to readers the harsh realities and cruel ways of our society in an exaggerated form. His purpose in doing so is to open the eyes of society to what the world might come to if things like technology and humanity get out of hand. In the World State, the motto that people are conditioned to live by is “Community, Identity, and Stability”, all three of which are ironically twisted to encourage members of the society