Dystopia In Brave New World
Utopia and Dysotopia in Science Fiction What would it be like to live in an Utopian city? Is it really all it claims to be? There are many philosophers who have discussed the idea of Utopias and Dystopias. Some are for it and some aren 't. Some believe it 's possible to have a Utopia while others believe there is no way that it can. Plato, More, Hobbes, and Locke are some that have a high idea of Utopias. A Brave New World, indirectly supported and refuted some of the ideas of these philosophers in different ways. A philosopher that can support Brave New World is Plato. Plato was against families, and he thought no child should know their parents. This was a very obvious in the book. In the story, natural reproduction was not used to make
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More was not against family and that was one of the ideas in that was opposite in the book. Family was not encouraged in the story. It was to the point where people didn 't have children. Instead children were made. More, however, believes that parents are ideal in society. Parents didn 't exist in Brave New World. The children were taught the ways of life and conditioned to the way of the society. Culture in the book did not exist. More was for culture. There was no need for culture in the book. Since people in the story were conditioned to do things, they never had to really talk or so. More would have supported books, family, and going into school. There was no need for books and things of that sort in the book. Everything was stable in the story. Everyone went through the same cycle so there was no need for different views or ideas. It was almost like children were brainwashed from a young age to think the same way to avoid conflict. This kept peace in the society, but then once in awhile there is one who end up being different. For example, Bernard and Helmholtz were different for people in their society. This made them an outcast. They are acceptions to the rule, although the ended up getting exiled from the
More was not against family and that was one of the ideas in that was opposite in the book. Family was not encouraged in the story. It was to the point where people didn 't have children. Instead children were made. More, however, believes that parents are ideal in society. Parents didn 't exist in Brave New World. The children were taught the ways of life and conditioned to the way of the society. Culture in the book did not exist. More was for culture. There was no need for culture in the book. Since people in the story were conditioned to do things, they never had to really talk or so. More would have supported books, family, and going into school. There was no need for books and things of that sort in the book. Everything was stable in the story. Everyone went through the same cycle so there was no need for different views or ideas. It was almost like children were brainwashed from a young age to think the same way to avoid conflict. This kept peace in the society, but then once in awhile there is one who end up being different. For example, Bernard and Helmholtz were different for people in their society. This made them an outcast. They are acceptions to the rule, although the ended up getting exiled from the