Brave New World
Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World was written to portray an imminent vision of society. It reflects a time when the world is governed by the elite few who use domination and tyranny to control the masses. Many would argue that the novel was based upon mere science fiction and others would contest that there was a more profound meaning on the level of a Greek or Shakespearean tragedy. I would propose that Brave New World was a combination of both science fiction and a tragedy.
On the surface the book is palpably full of science fiction. The story is set in a London six hundred years in the future. People all around the world are part of a totalitarian state, free from poverty, war, hate, disease, and pain. A website on the novel states that “ridding of religion and morals, and allowing sex and drugs without remorse makes this happiness.” (“Brave New World Summary” 100.) In order to maintain such an efficiently managed society, the ten people in charge of the world, the......
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