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Olivia Swan Professor John Cook UNV-109HN November 9, 2020

Brave New World Interpretive Essay Bae Ne Wld by Aldous Huxley examines a dystopian society where all individuals are conditioned out of individuality and into a realm of satisfaction through science and efficiency. The futuristic society, called the World State abolishes the ability to experience emotions and meaningful relationships based on the idea that everyone belongs to everyone else. In the novel Bae Ne Wld , Aldous Huxley presents ideas about science and society through the encouraged drug soma, hypnopaedia conditioning, and the character John the Savage, to envision a future totalitarian society. Soma serves as a drug that is freely provided and encouraged for all citizens within the World State. The drug provides pleasure and satisfaction in small doses, and when larger doses are taken the drug causes a sense of timelessness and pleasant hallucinations, Swallowing half an hour before closing time, that second dose of soma had raised a quite impenetrable wall between the actual universe and their minds (Huxley, 1932, pg 77). The primary goal of soma is to allow individuals to escape from reality and descend into a realm of mindlessness. The implication of a free escape from reality causes all members of society to remain reliant on government interference to reach fulfillment. Through the symbol of soma, Huxley communicates the idea that humans are constantly unfilled and analyzes the misconception of the benefits of instant gratification that society is persistently pursuing.

John the Savage represents the most dynamic and complex character in Bae Ne Wld. Through his resentment of the ideals presented by the World State, John the Savage inherently practices heroism. John serves as the central protagonist in the novel due to his initial interest in joining an Indian religious ritual, which causes him to become a social outcast in Indian culture, as he is rejected from participating in their traditions. His defiant nature displays the cultural divide between him and the normalities projected by the World State. John rejects the shallow practices of consistent contentedness and criticizes the society's inability to experience individuality, emotions, and love in its purest form, Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery... And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand (Huxley, 1932, pg 188). John takes values held by William Shakespeare to uncover the natural human gifts that the World State has suppressed. Huxley displays ideas about science and society through John the Savages eventual suicide due to the fundamental conflict cultivated through his new values and the current state of the world around him. Hypnopaedia serves as the act of repeatedly listening to information while sleeping in order to learn. In Brave New World hypnopaedia is utilized as a strategy to condition children to abide by moral consequences and perceive existence in a certain manner according to the lifestyle objectified by the World State. When  the Director of the state refers to the process and purpose of hypnopaedia he states, Till last the childs mind is these suggestions and the sum of the suggestions is the childs mind. And not the childs mind only. The adults mind too  all his life long. The mind that judges and desires and decides  made up of these suggestions. But all these suggestions are our suggestions!  Suggestions from the State (Huxley, 1932, pg

28-29). The World  State uses a strict scientific method in order to condition their citizens at a young age. In the novel hypnopaedia is practiced through the recitement of specific lines at predetermined intervals at various points of a child's conditioning. Aldous Huxley uses the representation of hypnopaedia to resemble the potential consequences  of a future totalitarian society. Aldous Huxley utilizes the characterization and development of John the Savage, the process of Hypnopaedia, and the implication of the drug Soma in the novel Brave New World to portray the prospects of a future totalitarian society. Given that emotions and individuality are conditioned out of children at a young age, citizens are unable to identify the values that were being abstained from them, causing a social dependency on the World State in order to reach temporary fulfillment. This type of dystopian society enables individuals from acknowledging their potential and causes them to continue to believe that everyone belongs to everyone else. The World state revolves around science and efficiency and denies citizens of the natural human experience.

References Huxley, A. L. (1932). Brave new world: Aldous Huxley. Retrieved November 13, 2020, from https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World-Aldous-Huxley/dp/0060850523

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