Freedom In Brave New World

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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is about a dystopian society where human beings are manufactured, like products, as a means of income for the government. Though this type of society might seem unimaginable to us, the citizens of the World State are conditioned since “birth”. The term “birth” is used quite loosely because in this society, a process known as the “Bokanovsky Process” is implemented in their factory. During such a process the scientists shock a female fetus which makes it divide into 96 identical embryos which then develop into 96 identical human beings. A major theme in this story is freedom. In the novel, the citizens of the Savage Reservation have freedom as well as consequences. The citizens of the World State have predestined freedom which they come to accept after rigorous conditioning and sheer ignorance and because they know of no other life. John is freer than the citizens of the World State because he can fall in love, he has morals, and because he recognizes family. John is freer than the citizens of the World State because he has the ability to fall in love with a human being. In a society …show more content…

He recognizes that Linda is his mother. He cares about her the same way any son cares about his mother. Even though Linda doesn't love John- because of her conditioning, John loves Linda. John is free to acknowledge and love his biological family. That’s not to say that Linda totally despises John- because she doesn't. In the novel, she has moments in which she feels an iota of motherliness. In John's reminiscence, Linda becomes upset with him because he is alive, but as she's about to hit him, she's overcome with a maternal instinct to not harm her child and ends up hugging and kissing him all over. She teaches John to read and tells him lullaby-esque stories about the "Other World." Considering her conditioning against parenting, this is quite

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