Dystopia In Brave New World Research Paper

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Aldous Huxley Brave New World (1932) can be called as the dystopian masterpiece because the narration of the novel itself is simply quite the best. The novel is based on the fear that what would industrial revolution do to the self-identity of the people which was slowly transforming them to machines. Mustafa Mencűtekin, commenting on the novel calls it an “inhuman society controlled by technology, in which art and religion have been abolished and human beings reproduce by artificial fertilization” (60).
One person’s utopia turns out to be an appalling place where the irony of a peaceful existence has caused society to lose all concept of art, honour, religious beliefs, or anything that often defines culture. This “Utopia” consists of people who have no sympathy, no empathy, and this vision of a future is as chilling as any other on this list. Huxley’s novels shows us that what appears to be a perfect utopian paradise at first glance can suddenly slide into a hellish dystopian nightmare.
George Orwell’s startling dystopian fiction 1984 is a force to be reckoned …show more content…

The hero makes an individual stand (or with the group) and fails, but gives hope to others in the dystopia, sometime the hero escapes dystopia (The Giver) and in the other he fails to achieve anything. The advancements of modern times have led to the increase in writing of dystopian novels, which warn the reader of destructive future. The common notion that all dystopian novels are science fiction is not true though science fiction fits perfectly for the genre of dystopia. Dystopian literature imagines the future darkly by exploring the consequences of war, environmental disasters, and creepy repressive governments. Dystopias in comparison to any other literary genre are cautionary tales that disguised into imaginative fiction to warn the reader of the evils that would accompany the perfect idealistic utopian society that is

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