Brave new world in our current world

Brave New World is a dystopian novel written in 1931 by English author Aldous Huxley, and
published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State of genetically modified citizens and an
intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific developments in
reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning
that are combined to make a utopian society that goes challenged only by a single outsider.

Huxley's plan to create a futuristic world and then to introduce John the Savage as an outsider
demanded another kind of unconventional structure.

(SOMA)

(EVERYONE BELONGS TO EVERYONE)

The caste system in Brave New World consists of five castes, the Alpha caste, which is the ‘’best’’
caste to belong to, and then Betas, Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons, the lowest caste (Huxley 26-
29). The Alphas and the Betas are the castes that receive the most humane treatment during the
prenatal stages; the reason for this is to prepare the individuals for important and challenging
tasks in the future.

The Alphas can be described as 23 the ‘’bosses’’, they are in the highest layer of the social castes, they are intellectually superior to the
other castes, and they are the ones in charge of the factories (Huxley 27). The Beta caste is similar to the Alpha caste, however, their
positions require less intelligence and thinking. At the middle of the spectrum is the Gamma caste, who are individuals with moderate
levels of professional skill. They are often experts of repetitive tasks or low risk professionals. The Delta and Epsilon castes are
genetically mass produced. The common characteristics of these castes are a lack of individuality and a lack of intelligence. The Delta
caste is mostly used in menial and monotonous tasks. The lowest standing caste, Epsilon, is often referred to as people with a low level
of intelligence, and they are used for undesirable and unwelcome jobs like sewage and foundry work.

John the Savage The son born of parents from the brave new world but raised in the Savage
Reservation, John represents a challenge to the dystopia.

Conditioning

In the New World children are conditioned to think in certain ways and to feel that "everyone
belongs to everyone." The children play naked so that as adults they will think nothing of many
sexual partners. 

People in modern times are conditioned by exposure to movies, television, news media, social
media, current trends, and peer and social pressures. There is little or no independent thought
among many who follow certain trends of thought.

Controlling through pleasure

These castes are governed by a form of consumption, the highest expression of happiness. In this
futuristic world there is no marriage, no fidelity, no lasting and stable relationships. But on the
contrary, reject all these modern conceptions and assume the tacit agreement that "everyone,
belongs to all", these fleeting relationships are sources of happiness and social comfort that are
strongly linked to consumption. The body by object that is taken, used and discarded. But not only
this is true in social relations between men and women, but also in their relationship with the
objects they use and if they break with the possibility of repairing them, they are discarded to
acquire a new one. Because they program them to consume, therefore to be happy and
consequently so that the social order persists.

Desensitization

In Brave New World, the children play near the dying so that death will be of little meaning to
them. This activity is called death conditioning.

People in modern times are so exposed to violence that they have become desensitized to it. With
movies and other media, people are desensitized to death and others' misery.

(relationship same that pleasure)

"Don't you wish you were free, Lenina?"

"I don't know what you mean. I am free. Free to have the most wonderful time. Everybody's happy
nowadays."

“But wouldn't you like to be free to be happy in some other way, Lenina? In your own way, for
example; not in everybody else's way.”