What Are The Similarities Between 1984 And Brave New World

Today there are many different types of governments that rule the world. Each of the governments have their ways of leading and their ways of using technology. But the regimes that get attention are the regimes that do things differently than the norm because they stand out. Examples of this are through the stories “1984” by George Orwell and “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley. Even though both George Orwell in “1984” and Aldous Huxley in “Brave New World” both have their main settings in a totalitarian societies with technology advancements, the government in “Brave New World” takes more advantage of the technology through brainwashing, keeping control, and avoiding crimes or potential uprisings to overthrow the government. Because World State,

Oceania likes to keep many cameras and microphones in many places to catch those who retaliates. In “1984,” Orwell directly states what happens to Winston and Julia when they got caught when he says that “You are the dead, said the iron voice” (Orwell 278). This quote means that both Julia and Winston were caught going against the government's rules. Since they don’t want these ideas spreading they were captured by police and thrown into a place of torture and purged. The intent that Orwell had in this quote was to show the dominance that the government of Oceania had to have complete control and not have these crazy ideas spreading. This connects to World State because when negative thoughts are attempted to be spreaded, they were sent away to an island because they were not contributing in a positive way. So they wouldn’t want a person to kill the mood of happiness. Now the way that World State keeps control is through regulating the populations. According the section “Brave New World Revisited” by Huxley, “The United States is not at present an overpopulated country” (Huxley 246). This quote means that the United States is not an overpopulated country at the moment. Huxley had an intent to setup a connection with the World State on how they avoid overpopulation. This connects to World State because they avoid overpopulation by regulating birth rates. They create babies

The Oceania government were able to tell who did crimes due to many little hidden cameras and mics all over the place. In “1984” Orwell directly states the consequences for disobeying the government when he says that “You were abolished, annihilated: VAPORIZED was the usual word” (Orwell 24). This quote means that if the government and the police know if someone commited a crime, then they were taken and never heard of again. The intent that Orwell had in this was to show how serious Oceania is to abolish bad stuff. They do not want the negativity to spread throughout the country. This connects to the World State. Both countries want to keep happiness throughout their country so it is easier to remain in control. If there is a spread of negativity then that could cause a division in the country with a bunch of negativity. So with that it would become harder to have complete control because there is going to be a part of the country that wants a new leader to satisfy their demands. Now what the World State does to avoid problems is use drugs. In the book the drug is called soma. This drug does not have any bad side effects as it was created to only brings joy to the people. In “Brave New World” Huxley states that soma is the best for interest as it is a “holiday from reality” and someone can return “without so much as a