Brave New World Vs Handmaid's Tale
The utopia's in both Brave New World and The Handmaid's Tale, use different methods of obtaining control over individuals weather its in a relationship or having control over a whole society, but are both similar in the fact that humans are looked at as instruments. In both societies, the individuals have very little liberty and are always controlled strictly by the government. Brave New World and The Handmaid's Tale create fictional places where the needs and desires of humans are met, but not as well as they should be and not without a price. I think that the leaders in both books sacrifice the majority of the people for the minority. They are selfish and have gone a few steps to far in the severity of the way they run their society.
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Offred's situation restricts her horribly compared to the freedom her former life allowed, but her relationship with Nick allows her to regain the smallest piece of her former existence. The physical affection becomes a reward that makes the restrictions almost bearable. Women in general support Gilead's persistence by willingly participating in unwanted sex, serving as Handmaid's by imposing the state. On the other hand, BNW is similar in the fact that the individuals believe that the society is normal, but different for the reason that they are conditioned to believe that from birth. They brainwash everyone to believe that they are all significant and important to the society but really they are all just one more identical embryo that was produced on an assembly line. This is evident in the following quote. "Every one works for every one else. We can't do without any one. Even Epsilons are useful. We couldn't do without Epsilons. Every one works for every one else. We can't do without any one" The state creates a superficial world through the use of conditioning, and escapes from reality using such drugs as soma, which is "the perfect drug". The citizens of BNW are programmed to enjoy their destiny and contribute to the social stability of their utopia. Science and technology have created a world where no one ever needs to suffer and the leaders are free to control their "flocks of
Offred's situation restricts her horribly compared to the freedom her former life allowed, but her relationship with Nick allows her to regain the smallest piece of her former existence. The physical affection becomes a reward that makes the restrictions almost bearable. Women in general support Gilead's persistence by willingly participating in unwanted sex, serving as Handmaid's by imposing the state. On the other hand, BNW is similar in the fact that the individuals believe that the society is normal, but different for the reason that they are conditioned to believe that from birth. They brainwash everyone to believe that they are all significant and important to the society but really they are all just one more identical embryo that was produced on an assembly line. This is evident in the following quote. "Every one works for every one else. We can't do without any one. Even Epsilons are useful. We couldn't do without Epsilons. Every one works for every one else. We can't do without any one" The state creates a superficial world through the use of conditioning, and escapes from reality using such drugs as soma, which is "the perfect drug". The citizens of BNW are programmed to enjoy their destiny and contribute to the social stability of their utopia. Science and technology have created a world where no one ever needs to suffer and the leaders are free to control their "flocks of