Perversion of Society

Perversion of Society In today’s society a person is shaped by family, friends, and past events, but in Aldous Huxley’s classic novel, Brave New World, there is no such thing as family, history and “true” friends. The government controls every aspect of an individual from their creation in the hatcheries to their conditioning for their thoughts and careers. In this brave new world the ideas of stability and community reign supreme, and the …

…this quote: “I am interested in making a good case of distortion because I am coming to believe that it is the only way to make people see.” Huxley distorted many elements throughout his work, and each twisted detail help open the eyes of the reader to what being an individual is really about. It is about creating oneself, and not being enslaved by society to act in accordance to a set of nonsensical regulations.