The society in Brave New World, according to my analysis, would be considered as a Dystopia. The main factor that categorized this book was it’s use of advance technology given the fact that it was written in 1932. The society was strictly operated by those who own the Central London Hatchery And Conditioning Centre. They are the ones who control the production of human beings in terms of quantity and purpose. To my understanding, one of their ideas of a Utopia is a society in which relationships have no partake in any emotional attachment. This was their way of keeping everyone happy and in a sense stable, which was one of the three components in their World State’s motto, along with taking doses of Soma. This, however, was subvert when Bernard Marx fell in love with Lenina Crowne, a conformist to the utopian society.
After having read Huxley’s biography and a portion of his book, I found a few relations between the two. I thought it was quite interesting how he wrote a book about the mass production of human beings and both of his brothers happened to be biologists. His father also had a well-equipped botanical laboratory in which he began his learning in. The disturbing nature of his book may have also been a direct result of his use of psychedelics throughout his lifetime.
The most prominent figure in this book was Henry Ford. He was seen through the people’s eyes as a God, so to speak. Henry was highly praised for his contribution to developments in mass production by way of the assembly line. So much so that even the time periods were named after him. They were called A.F. which stood for After Ford. This book started out as a huge confusion for me, but after breaking it down and analyzing it’s key components I began to grasp a better understanding of it.
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