Thereby, this selectivity highly interferes with human rights.

At the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, Mr Foster, who is an Alpha male, states that “as many as thirty per cent of female embryos develop normally” (28). Instead, in the brave new world, eugenics is highly selective by allowing less than one third of embryos to “develop” (28). For instance, in the “modern fertilization process” (21) human sexuality is non-existent and biological procreation is referred to as “merely a nuisance” (28). Significantly, in the World State “the principle of mass production at last to biology” (23).

He warns of what the new world considers to be advancements by depicting technology as a means of dehumanization. Nonetheless, Huxley turns the World State’s ideal perception of itself into the abject. The brave new world acquiesces to absolute control in order to reach its ideal state of “Community, Identity, Stability” (18). Brave New World, instead of being a paradise, is an ironic utopia through which Huxley warns of dehumanization, and robotization, as an outcome of technology’s growing impact on society. The World State is solely an illusion and its technology is falsely presented as a positive advancement. In opposition, viviparous reproduction, which is looked down upon with shock and disgust (38), is practiced at the technologically lacking reservation (129).

The World State carefully designs embryos in order to construct the populace with “good and happy members of society” (20). For instance, totalitarianism in the brave new world is made evident through the State’s power over reproductive technology, biotechnology, and eugenics. John has spent his life at the Malpais Savage Reservation, which significantly the World State does not control. He contrasts the politics and practices of World State with the more “uncivilized” lifestyle of John the Savage. Is the Brave New World here now?Īldous Huxley, in Brave New World (1932), satirically examines the ambiguous effects of technology and mechanization over modern life. In this paper I analyze Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World as it relates to the fears of modernization, dehumanization, and ultimately robotizaton.

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