Brave New World

Novel | Aldous Huxley

What is Satire? Consider Brave New World as a Satire.

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What is satire Consider Brave New World as a satire Satire is a literary device in which the author ridicules the existing faults and vices of a particular society to correct them Brave New World is a masterpiece of satire composed by Aldous Huxley - It is a satirical fiction Huxley depicts a scientific futuristic society in the novel Brave New World Huxley satirizes probable futuristic social elements Satirical Title Huxley takes the title Brave New World which has been derived from Miranda's speech in Shakespeare's play The Tempest John says oh brave new world that has such people in it To describe the World State he is being ironic He exposes that the people of the world state are cruel and inhumane So Huxley wants to expose that this is not a brave world this is an inhumane perverted and cruel world Satire on the Caste System The social

structure of the world state is a serious satirical issue People of the world state are classified into five castes They are Alphas Betas Gammas Deltas and Epsilons Alphas and Betas are upper classes and they are produced to rule inthe future But the rest of the three are lower classes They are produced through the Bokanovsky process It is a process by which a large number of similar twins are hatched at the rate of ninety-six per egg by budding We find Tomakin to say Bokanovsky's process is one of the major instruments of social stability Satire on Soma John blames his mother s death for Soma He tries to convince other people not to take Soma He tries to keep people aloof from Soma by interfering with daily soma rations for workers at the Hospital For both John and the reader soma now symbolizes a lack of free will central social control and enslavement In the end John the novel s protagonist uses soma and takes part in anonymous sex John protests against the World State for as long as possible in spite of Lenina's seductive attitude To Lenina A gramme is always better than a damn John sees soma as a tool of social control Satire on Inhumane Qualities Huxley represents the most influential satirical issue which is the inhumane tendency of the governing body of the world state Everyone is mechanized for happiness and comfort This mechanizing process starts at birth and ends with death To them death is very natural Women's ovaries are treated like commodities Human beings are produced and maintained in hatchery and conditioning centers The production rate of the population is controlled by its demand Again they worship Ford instead of God Satire on Consumerism The people of the world state are conditioned and maintained as consumer products They have no free will They are produced in such a way that there is nothing but science and technology There is no human rights They are taught in an inhuman way So when Lenina goes to visit the Savage reservation she criticizes Linda saying But the director's old lots of people are old they're not like that Again in the world state people seem to think that ending is better than mending Satire on the Perversion of Sex In the world state everyone is used to emotionless sex and instant gratification From the background of the novel the accidental conception of Linda is found Again We find Lenina while she is excited to have John to gratify her sexual pleasure She relates Hug me till you drug me Honey This causes Lenina a good amount of distress It raises an important question Does Lenina really love John No not at all It's the attraction of John's body This fiction satirizes the futuristic world For the enhancement of Science and technology people are devoid of emotion Huxley relates that scientific development has bankrupted them morally and emotionally So Brave New World is out and out a satirical fiction

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