Brave New World by Aldous Huxley A Summary - 1867 Words

Brave New World essay Imagine a world without wars, famine, old-age or diseases, where everybody is happy with what they have and where people don’t complain. Imagine this place, where people do not discriminate each other for their skin colour or because of their religion. This is the situation of the Brave New World, the people there are divided into ranks, from Alpha Plus to Epsilon. But they don’t care about the classes, their mentality is simple; without the other classes, life wouldn’t be possible. The classes each have their colour, jobs etcetera. The people are never unhappy or discontent. But not everything in this world is perfect; such as not having your own identity, or living in a world based on lies. So this perfect world†¦show more content†¦Bernard feels there is more to life than only sex and soma. He longs for something what he can’t name, something we would call passion and love. This can be made clear from his actions with Lenina. â€Å"He remembered those weeks during which he had looked and wished and almost given up hope of ever having the courage to ask her. Did he dare take the risk being shamed by a cruel refusal? But if she were to say yes, what joy!† He doesn’t think of Lenina like an (lust)object , but as a real person, someone he would want to spent the rest of his life with. Although, Lenina only sees him as someone who can arrange nice trips for her, and is only a ‘quickie’, away from Henry Foster. He hates to see her with any other man, just like he hates the motto: everything belongs to everyone else. Bernard also hates soma, even though he is obliged to, he still tries to use as less as possible. He even refuses to take in soma ice during his date with Lenina â€Å"I’d rather be myself’, he said. ‘Myself and unhappy. Not somebody else, however cheerful.’† He doesn’t hate soma the way the Savage does, he hates it for the reason that he sees the way people act after their â€Å"ritual†, he hates to think of himself like that. This is the same with the reader, we also think of soma like a drug. And after using it you start to become high and act strangely. So John isn’t the only one who shows the reader about the disadvantages of the Brave NewShow MoreRelatedBrave New World by Aldous Huxley: A Summary1881 Words   |  8 PagesBrave New World essay Imagine a world without wars, famine, old-age or diseases, where everybody is happy with what they have and where people don’t complain. Imagine this place, where people do not discriminate each other for their skin colour or because of their religion. This is the situation of the Brave New World, the people there are divided into ranks, from Alpha Plus to Epsilon. 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