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TheRoadtoOppression
In
BraveNewWorld,
byAldousHuxley,insightisprovidedtoshowjusthowdifferentweareto
aEutopia.Huxleyshowsaworldwhereonewouldlovetheiroppressionandgiveuptheir
capacitytothink.Overtheyears,entertainmentandpleasurehavepushedsocietystepscloserto
whatHuxleyfearedwouldhappen.Inthebook,thereareavarietyofsimilaritiesalongwith
differencesthatrevealweareshockinglydifferentfromHuxley'sUtopia.
Thefirstmajordifferenceisthebirthingprocess.ThisprocessconsistsofNinetysix
identicaltwinsworkingninetysixidenticalmachines.(Huxley7)Thisisnotanordinary
birthingprocess.Everythingiscontrolled.Allthebabieswilllookidenticalandtheprocessis
muchquicker.Usually,onezygoteresultsinonebaby,butinthiscase,onezygotewillbe,
Making96humansgrowwhereonlyonegrewbefore.(Huxley6)Thiscontributestotheiridea
ofstability.Itsanoddandunethicalbirthingprocess.Everyoneisoppressedtothepointthat
theycan'traisechildren.Oncethebabiesarebottles,theywillbetakenintothesocial
predestinationroo.Thebottlesgothere,tobepredestinedindetail.(Huxley10)THisagain
contributestotheirideaofstability.Noonewillhaveaproblemwiththeirfuturebecausethey
havebeenconditionedtolovewhattheybecome.Thebottleswillthenbedecanted,as
socializedhumanbeings,asalphasorepsilons.(Huxley13)Noonehasanycontrolovertheir
life.Babiesareimmediatelycontrolledthroughthebirthingprocess.Theydontknowwhatits

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liketobefree.Anothermajordifferenceishowtheirworldhandlessexandemotions.In
Brave
NewWorld
,theyarenotallowedtoexpressemotions.Itsgottentothepointwheremoviesfeel
forthem.Duringavisittothefeelies,theymustsitstill,otherwiseyouwon'tgetanyofthe
feelyeffects.(Huxley67)Theyarentinfullcontroloftheiremotions.Theyhavebeen
conditionedtooppressthemandshowingthemisvulgar.Sexisalsohandleddifferently.They
aretaughttoengageinsexualpleasureatayoungage.Thiswasshownwhen,twochildren,a
littleboyofaboutsevenandalittlegirlwhomighthavebeenayearolder,wereplaying,very
gravelyandwithallfocussedattentionofscientistsonalabourdiscovery,arudimentarysexual
game.(Huxley31)Fromsuchayoungage,theymustbetaughthowsexworksinthatworld.
Theyareconditionedtobepromiscuoussince,Everyonebelongstoeveryone.(Huxley40)No
oneisallowedtosleepwithwiththesamepersonforalongtime.Itisconsidereddisgustingand
shameful.Thatisahugedifferencefromourworld.Wearetaughtmonogamy.Sleepingaround
isheavilyfrownedupon.Whilebothworldsaresurprisinglydifferenttherearestillsome
similarities.
Bothworldshavedrugsandtheyalsohaveagod.In
BraveNewWorld,
Somawas
Servedwithcoffee.(Huxley75)Druguseisencouragedandacceptedintheirworld.They
thinkit'sstrangewhenonedoesntlikesoma,itsseenasanactofrebellion.Oursocietyisnot
asacceptingofdrugs,butheystillexistsandpeoplestillusethem.Whetherwelikeitornotthey
doplayanenormousroleinourworld.Eachworldalsohastheirownformofagod.Theyhave
crossesexcept,allcrosseshadtheirtopscutandbecamets,therewasalsoathingcalledgod.
(Huxley52)Theyrefertotheirgodasford.It'sthesameconceptbuttheyworshiphim
differently.Bothwordhavethesameconceptsbutpracticethemdifferently.

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Whilethereareacouplesimilaritiesbetweenbothworlds,thedifferencesoutweighthe
similarities.Thereisalongwaytogotoendupasoppressedandcontrolledasthepeopleinthe
book.Manypeopleinsocietyareuniqueindividualsandweallowthemtobe.Ibelieveinorder
toavoidreachingapointofoppression,everyonemustvoicetheiropinion.Thevarietyof
personalitieswillmakeitharderforanyonetotameus.Societyhasproblems,butnonethatcant
befixed.Theywillnotleadtoadysfunctionaleutopia.

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WorksCited
Huxley,Aldous.BraveNewWorld.NewYork:HarperandBrothers,1946.Print.