Huxley wrote it in
1932, he had recognized himself as a writer and social satirist. Brave New
World opposing to the most popular novels of the time, Huxley wanted to
provide an alarming vision of the future.
It
describes an ironic ideal society. The humanity is free from care, enthusiastic
and industrially extremely developed. Competition and poverty have been
eliminated and each person is eternally happy due to government-provided
stimulation. The irony is that all of these things have been achieved by eliminating
many things that humans consider to be central to their identity as far as
family, culture, art, literature, science, religion other than idolatry of what
they called "our Ford", referring to Henry Ford, who could be
considered the father of their society. It is also an idea to maximize the
total of
pleasure with a minimum of ache, obtaining pleasure from morally wrong
sex and
drug use, especially “SOMA”, is a powerful dream-inducing drug which is
employed by the government as a method of control through pleasure and
immediate availability. It is ordinary among the culture of the novel for
everyone to use it for doesn''t matter what: sex, relaxation, concentration and
confidence, it makes it possible for everyone to be entirely satisfied to do
the assigned tasks of their social group. It has no short-term side effects.
Death itself is not feared in the World
State. People typically
die at age 61, having maintained good vigor and apparent youth up to that
point. Their bodies go to crematoria, where vital elements such as phosphorus
are extracted from the exhaust of the furnaces.
Children are taken to the
crematoria to see the bodies, accustoming them to the inevitable cycle of life
and death. Since children do not know their parents, they cannot lament their
deaths.
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