Brave New World

An essay concerning Aldous Huxley's future dystopia and its resemblance to modern society Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World out of fear of society's apparent lack of morals and corrupt behaviour during the roaring twenties. Huxley believed that the future was doomed to a non-individualistic, conformist society, a society void of the family unit, religion and human emotions. Throughout the novel, Huxley predicts many events for the future, most of which concentrate on a morally …

…reality in today's society. It cannot be denied that events such as greater sexual freedom and over-population have already occurred and are becoming even worse. As well, the use of sleep-teaching/ brain-washing and mind altering drugs continue to be experimented with on a regular basis. All of these factors combined make for a backward, morally corrupt and ethically depraved modern society. It is this modern society which Aldous Huxley warns against in Brave New World.