Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a classic literary work that vividly paints the picture of a dystopian society. Huxley’s evident purpose for writing the novel was to show society the contrived effects of allowing its own demise. Modern day readers may shrug after having read the novel and think Huxley’s warnings were in vain in regards to contemporary societies. Surely no real society could even get to the point of the fictional World State. However, given some of today’s avant-garde ideas and advancements, this dystopia could be a reality in less time than people think. There are many shocking similarities and differences between the dystopian World State and reality, including ideas about human life and death, love and marriage, and the consumption of goods and services. …show more content…
Humans are quite frankly disposable in that society. People are created in test tubes in “hatcheries” and “bokanovskified”, or multiplied as an embryo to create more beings. They are no more than a product. The test tube babies then grow up listening to hypnopaedic utterings that condition them to conform to their society. There is even a conditioned derision for natural born humans--they are called “savages”. The value for real human life is nonexistent. Modern day society also has its transgressions against human life. Real-life society may not make babies by the bunch in test tubes, but recent scientific advancements have made it possible to genetically alter babies before birth so that they have “desirable” features. In addition, abortion, child abuse, murder, and other violent crimes that downplay the value of human life have become a common occurrence. One difference between the two societies’ views on life is that modern day society does value independent thinking and self-expression, unlike the World State which values