Brave New World

Dystopia

Definition
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Dystopia is a work of fiction that describes the idea of a society portrayed as existing in a future time, when conditions of life are extremely bad due to deprivation, oppression or terror.
From Gk. dys- bad, abnormal + topos- place

Brave New World

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written as a satire about the advancement of science and its consequences.

I am writing a novel about the future on the horror of Wellsian Utopia and a revolt against it. Aldous Huxley, Letters

Characteristics
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Society: - Community, Identity, Stability - babies conceived in bottles, belonging to one of the five castes: Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma and Epsilon; -its role is to minimize conflict, risk and change; - science is the tool to keep everything under control; through hypnopaedia people are conditioned to fit the needs of society; - provides happiness through various ways(e.g., soma); - no privacy, no solitude; - all traces of nature are eliminated.

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Religion: - God is replaced with Ford, crosses with Ts; - prohibits love, family; - death has no spiritual significance;

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Economics: - everyone works for everyone; - the importance of consumption; Politics: - system similar to communism and capitalism.

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Dystopia can often lie in the visitors

point of view: one persons heaven can be anothers hell.