Satire In Brave New World
Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley is a utopian novel that uses satire to a great extent. Brave New World takes place in the future, where people are no longer born, and are artificially created. People are placed into five classes before birth and are conditioned to like what they do, and not to think for themselves. Still, throughout the book, Huxley uses satire against religion, family and society in general. In this futuristic world, a religion exists that opposes what religion stands for today. First of all, the God that the people worship is Henry Ford, the inventor of the conveyor belt and the model-T. They worship Ford because of his vision to increase production by having his workers add the same part to multiple cars during the day. Instead of the sign of the cross that is performed in Christianity, the futuristic citizens make a "T" on their chest. Instead of saying "O God!" they say "O Ford!" In the book, Christianity is considered a plague of the past. The world controller says that Christianity controlled what people did and thought and restricted the fun that people could have. The new religion was all about fun and sex. In the solidarity services, which occurred every other week, all of the participants take soma, a perfect drug that eliminates thinking with no hangover afterwards, and recite sayings while having sex with one another.
Brave New World is also a satire against the current, modern family. The word "mother" is considered an insult in their society, and the word "father" is considered a joke, something to laugh at. The world controller, Mustapha Mond made several references to how corrupt and wrong the family was. Two parents who knew little about parenting were expected to raise the country's future productive citizens. There were always conflicts at home, unlike at the beautiful, educational conditioning centers in the new world.
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