Brave New World | Sociological Criticism

 Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

Hello everybody! For today we have a Sociological Criticism for Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. 

    Brave New World was published in 1931 by Aldous Huxley. This novel show how a “world population” is divided in categories and created and controlled through the use of high advanced technology. The main controller is called “The Director”, who works in the Central London Hatching and Conditioning Centre. There are a group of young students visiting the “World State” to learn about the fertilizing room. We can compare those guys with us. The reading takes us through the student, seeing how the world would be in the future because of the excessive use of technology. The fertilizing room is the place where “humans” grow up inside bottles to be taught by hypnopedia that society’s worth should be always over people. 

   In the world state, humans are divided into several castes: Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons. The divisions are according to the physical appearance which is wrong. They want people to be differentiate by colors and labels. Alphas citizens are one of the best ones. They are intelligent, tall and have a good physical shape. Gammas are stupid and wear green and Deltas wear light brown. Epsilons are the worse, they’re ugly and wear black.

Brave New World is a future controlled and sterilized society that reflects a different world without sensitivity, morals and education. Aldous Huxley related the novel with some aspect of his personal life. He was addicted to Hallucinogenic Drugs. In the reading, they use a drug called “Soma”. Also, the world is projected with an “open mind” with no taboos. Children grow up in a sexual environment which is not good for them. The word “sex” and the practice of this, is something normal for them. Besides that, the divisions of the humans are a way to practice discrimination. Alphas are the best ones; they are “perfect”. On the other hand, Epsilons are considered as the worse of the world state. Nobody want to play with them, because they are ugly and fool. 

I want to know your opinion about “Brave New World”. Consider you are living in this World State and you have the “POWER” to change things.

         1.  Would you accept a world with divisions?

               2.   What would you like to change?

Here I attach a link to a website with a detailed summary about Brave New World

See you soon!

-Bell Solís