When he visits a reservation (reservations being home to people who practice marriages and uphold the family structure) in New Mexico, Bernard meets John, a man who flips Bernard’s world upside-down. John was born on the reservation after his mother and father visited on a trip and his mother got left behind. While his peers are satisfied with never settling down with a romantic partner, Bernard yearns for a personal connection. The first half of Brave New World follows Bernard Marx, an Alpha citizen who is an outsider to the Fordian ideology of “Everyone belongs to everyone else,” meaning having multiple romantic partners is the norm. Bernard is short, slim, (the size of an average Gamma) and does not have much luck with women. Characters are often referred to as being on a “soma holiday.” ![]() There is a drug called soma which keeps the citizens from feeling dissatisfied with life. Epsilons and Deltas are the lower-skilled workers, Gammas are the semi-skilled workers, and Betas and Alphas are the most skilled and intelligent. This society is divided into five social classes: Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons. They are taught the values of the World State via subliminal messages that are repeated in their sleep. ![]() In the World State (the conglomerate political system ruling over the world), the family structure has been abolished, with children being created in tubes and then raised in mass. ![]() In the book, Huxley warns readers about the dangers of the advancement of technology. ![]() I have always loved reading, but never to feel emotional. This was the case until I had the pleasure of reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.īrave New World is a dystopian novel published in 1932, and, like any good dystopian story, it serves as a warning. No book has ever touched me and left dregs of dialogue in my mind. Felt the words seeping into my brain, never to be forgotten. I do not believe I have ever truly felt a book before.
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