Brave New World Cultural Analysis

Entertainment is said to be an action of providing amusement and enjoyment. Back then, kids were entertained by playing outside, parents were entertained with playing cards or just walking around the block with an ice cream cone. Now, it seems the only entertainment we have is technology. Whether it is a phone, tablet, laptop, or television, many people use technology through out the whole day. Technology is so popular because of the entertainment and it is noticable that it has affected our society dramaticaly. Internet is not even that old yet, it has changed the way our culture is. We should not let our society become like the one from Brave New World.

Some may not realize it but our culture is similar to the one in Brave New World. In chapter one, it is explained how the society is split into five castes. We are not conditioned into specific castes but we are categorized in groups based on how we are raised and our backgrounds. There are; the rich, the middle, and the poor. Fortunately, we are able to pick our own paths but we see on social media that however your parents are financially, is how we will be when we get older. It is like we let the world tell us what future we will live. Like I said, we are not forced into certain paths but we let the world of

entertainment convince us where we will be in life.
In the novel, one of the main topics is Soma. Soma is a drug they use to feel happiness but it is only temporary. In modern day, our Soma is entertainment. We use it on a daily basis to feel some sort of emotion. The technology gives us a short amount of distraction from the ruel reality of life. There are even people who have blogs to escape from society, instead of talking to someone in person. We have all kinds of Soma but the main one is social media.
Huxley explains his fear of there being no reason to ban a book because no one would want to read one. Well, his nightmare has come to life. There is no need for physical books to be in classrooms because we have chromebooks or smartphones. Instead of flipping through pages for infrormation, we type a few words and get the info we need within seconds. The access to technology is so easy, it has become an issue for students to understand literature. We are so blinded by what the media has to offer and show, we don’t realize everything that is going on around us.
Celebrities and media have become a big part of teenagers daily lives. Young teenage girls think they are expected to look or be a certain way to be accepted. Teenage boys think they are worth more if they do drugs or sleep with a lot of girls. Music and social media shows celebrities lives and society tries to live up to the expectations of the entertainment world but then we are disappointed if we can’t. Most people don’t accept themselves because they are trying so hard to be like these public figures but everyone has their own purpose.
Unlike BNW, we have so much freedom but we don’t use it to our advantage. We have the opportunity to think for oursleves, to read literature, yet we let the media tell us how we should live. In the novel, it is forbidden to think for ourselves becauseit is seen as dangerous for the soiety. Maybe the entertainment is a way for the government to prevent us from using our knowledge. With all the distraction of media, the culture is losing interest in important things like politics and world issues.
If we keep on letting the internet control our minds and actions, we might as well just call ourselves Brave New World.

We need to put an end to ignorance of the media and start learning through literature books and textbooks. Our society should begin to worry more about what is going on in the world, rather then thinking what trends celebrities are setting. The media should be used more for spreading knowledge and not for showing expectations that should be met to be perfect. The freedom to think is a blessing and is not dangerous. What is dangerous is the affect the entertainmnet has on the whole world. Let’s use our freedom to make a change but not for more control but for the better of the

people.