The Defeat of Individuality In Brave New World

I drew my inspiration to write this paper from Aldous Huxley¡¯s Brave New World, which is his most popular science fiction and anti-utopian novel. In short, it is a dark vision of a highly technological society of the future. The novel depicts a new society where human beings have been programmed to certain types of behavior, and conditioned to respond in scientific ways to specific stimulants. Infants are created in a fertilizing room and decanted to perform certain tasks for the totalitarian regime. They are then conditioned from birth to accept their prescribed role without question. No longer are human emotions or relationships important. Instead of being a utopia, the brave new world becomes a utopia-in-reverse; it is less inviting than the old world order with all its disadvantages. It is a ...