Brave New World

The original title Brave New World from The tempest of William Shakespeare (Act 5 – scene 1). There is also reference to French literature, to Voltaire’s Candide.

One of main characters include this phrase with irony. This novel is written in 1931 by Adlous Huxley. The novel anticipates psychological the manipualtion and classical conditioning for profoundly change society.

The story takes place in London at « 632 Year of our Ford », after a War who touched the world who is known as « The Nine years’ War ». At the sequel the most humans live in State, only a number of « wild » are spread in reserves. The society is based on social castes.

There are : The Alphas (Ruling Elite), The Bêtas (Intelligent Workers), The Gammas ( Middle/Lower class) and The Deltas and  The Espilons (The Lower caste). Everyone is pleased on its caste and its condition, because at the birth, the population is conditionned during sleep.

The natural birth, married life no exist, it are considered like vulgar and obscene. The population is drug « Soma » for be happy everytime. Additional at the conditioning, this society hasn’t free will, contrubing to the ultimate objective of the sociel system; Stability. Sexuality is a entretainment, for to be only recreational so there isn’t tension like jealousy and possessiveness.

I recommend this book everyone, no just for this story but to have another vision of the world . Is that living happily is better than to live free ?

5 réflexions sur « Brave New World »

  1. I really liked this book. It really questions our society. To answer your question, I think that I would prefer living free.

  2. I will read this book (you know it 🙂 ) And I will give my opinion of this phylosophical question. But I already know my answer, I prefer live free and do what I want !

  3. Since few weeks, I’m reading this novel and I almost finished it. The themes of this book are very intersting. And your last sentence is a good question…

  4. I’m so impressed by Huxley capacity to predict the future, just with is imagination ! If he knew that now we can make babies in laboratory with assisted reproductive technology !

  5. This novel is interesting because although he was write in 1932, the society describe approximate to the society we were heading for…

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