Summary Of Brave New World By Aldous Huxley
In 2016 it is estimated that 64,000 people die of drug overdoses per year. Huxley’s society “The World State” is a dystopian society, yes the men and women that don't partake in controlling the society seem to be happy in what they consider a utopia, but the people who do control “The World State” like the world controller Mustapha Mond and people like John The Savage, are victims of the true nature of reality. In the novel “Brave New World” by Aldous
Huxley, some of the fantasies that are now a reality in our society include substance abuse, openness to sex and genetic engineering or the use of technologies to control and manipulate its population.
One of the fantasies that “Brave New World” portrays that is now a reality for some people …show more content…
In “The World State” there is a fictional process called the “Bokanovsky Process” which is how they clone humans “One egg, one embryo, one adult-normality. But a bokanovskified egg will bud, will proliferate, will divide. From eight to ninety- six buds, and every bud will grow into a perfectly formed embryo and every embryo into a full sized adult. Making ninety-six human beings grow where only one grew before.” (Huxley Pg. 6) This technology might eventually be present in our world with great advantages but the main concern here is how we use this in an ethical manner. “The World State” has different plans when it comes to genetic engineering, the way humans are made is through an incubator and the temperature is what differentiate the male and female "These," he waved his hand, "are the incubators." And opening an insulated door he showed them racks upon racks of numbered test-tubes. "The week's supply of ova. Kept," he explained, "at blood heat; whereas the male gametes," and here he opened another door, "they have to be kept at thirty-five instead of thirty-seven. Full blood heat sterilizes." Rams wrapped in theremogene beget no lambs.” (Huxley Pg. 5) The accuracy of this science is what makes this nerve wrecking. Genetic engineering has its pros and cons, today we use it to remove diseases and is also used to make newborn babies have certain traits but the fact that they can do this is scary. “The World State” is a perfect example of a totalitarian government where even light is controlled “The overalls of the workers were white, their hands gloved with a pale corpse-coloured rubber. The light was frozen, dead, a ghost. Only from the yellow barrels of the microscopes did it
Huxley, some of the fantasies that are now a reality in our society include substance abuse, openness to sex and genetic engineering or the use of technologies to control and manipulate its population.
One of the fantasies that “Brave New World” portrays that is now a reality for some people …show more content…
In “The World State” there is a fictional process called the “Bokanovsky Process” which is how they clone humans “One egg, one embryo, one adult-normality. But a bokanovskified egg will bud, will proliferate, will divide. From eight to ninety- six buds, and every bud will grow into a perfectly formed embryo and every embryo into a full sized adult. Making ninety-six human beings grow where only one grew before.” (Huxley Pg. 6) This technology might eventually be present in our world with great advantages but the main concern here is how we use this in an ethical manner. “The World State” has different plans when it comes to genetic engineering, the way humans are made is through an incubator and the temperature is what differentiate the male and female "These," he waved his hand, "are the incubators." And opening an insulated door he showed them racks upon racks of numbered test-tubes. "The week's supply of ova. Kept," he explained, "at blood heat; whereas the male gametes," and here he opened another door, "they have to be kept at thirty-five instead of thirty-seven. Full blood heat sterilizes." Rams wrapped in theremogene beget no lambs.” (Huxley Pg. 5) The accuracy of this science is what makes this nerve wrecking. Genetic engineering has its pros and cons, today we use it to remove diseases and is also used to make newborn babies have certain traits but the fact that they can do this is scary. “The World State” is a perfect example of a totalitarian government where even light is controlled “The overalls of the workers were white, their hands gloved with a pale corpse-coloured rubber. The light was frozen, dead, a ghost. Only from the yellow barrels of the microscopes did it