Brave New World Critical Essay
The World’s State conditions civilians to keep their totalitarian dictatorship thriving. Thousands of babies are cloned and are conditioned to grow up and live content lives. Society never experience great emotion because it’s suppressed by the drug soma and sex. Having great emotion is seen as a weakness, so emotions are suppressed so civilization is meek. The World’s state suppresses the conscious mind to keep control of the state under their totalitarian dictatorship. Under Freud's psychoanalysis theory, society is threatened by people like Bernard who making the unconscious conscious because it threatens their submissive society. Bernard confides to people about the submissive society and makes them conscious of their surroundings.
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Huxley wrote a critical essay describing the flaws of The World’s State and how to prevent them in the future society. He fears “Our ‘increasing mental sickness’ may find expression in neurotic symptoms. These symptoms are conspicuous and extremely distressing. But ‘let us beware,’ says Dr. Fromm, ‘of defining mental hygiene as the prevention of symptoms. Symptoms as such are not our enemy, but our friend…” (Huxley 19, Critical essay). The mental stability of society is deteriorating. Huxley is saying that it is prevalent that people are becoming submissive under a governing force. As the years go on things like voting have gone to 30 percent of the population actively participating. Huxley was worried that society is having less of a voice in the government because we are accustomed to accepting what is presented to us and not challenging it. Huxley wanted people to become like Bernard and challenging Ideas. By challenging ideas society gains technological advances and a stronger governing force in democracy. However these ideals would threaten the delicate totalitarian dictatorship of The World’s State. Huxley is warning the next generation of readers about the possible future and how to stray away from
Lenina, …show more content…
Huxley wrote a critical essay describing the flaws of The World’s State and how to prevent them in the future society. He fears “Our ‘increasing mental sickness’ may find expression in neurotic symptoms. These symptoms are conspicuous and extremely distressing. But ‘let us beware,’ says Dr. Fromm, ‘of defining mental hygiene as the prevention of symptoms. Symptoms as such are not our enemy, but our friend…” (Huxley 19, Critical essay). The mental stability of society is deteriorating. Huxley is saying that it is prevalent that people are becoming submissive under a governing force. As the years go on things like voting have gone to 30 percent of the population actively participating. Huxley was worried that society is having less of a voice in the government because we are accustomed to accepting what is presented to us and not challenging it. Huxley wanted people to become like Bernard and challenging Ideas. By challenging ideas society gains technological advances and a stronger governing force in democracy. However these ideals would threaten the delicate totalitarian dictatorship of The World’s State. Huxley is warning the next generation of readers about the possible future and how to stray away from