Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - English Brave New World1 Brave New World1 Imagine living in a society where there is no such thing as mothers or fathers, where you look exactly like the 500 people standing next to you, where casual sex and drug use is not only allowed, but is encouraged. Well, the society in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, is just that. While the prophecies from the Brave New World society are quite different from those of today, they can be argued as both right and wrong, but , and the technology to make them happen may be just around the corner. The society of the Brave New World is quite different from ours, with their lack of spirituality proving that point. “The pleasure-seeking society pursues no spiritual experiences or joys, preferring carnal ones. The lack of religion that seeks a true transcendental understanding helps ensure that the masses of people, upper and lower classes, have no reason to rebel”( 1 ). Another main difference, is the absence of mothers and fathers, and the technology that makes it possible. “Brave New World is a futuristic society designed by genetic engineering, and controlled by neural conditioning with mind-altering drugs and manipulative media. It predestines human embryos to certain levels of intelligence, and chemically does away with the concept of old age”( 2 ). Today, the technology is simply not available to create hundreds of humans from the same egg. Yet another prophecy that differs greatly from those of today, is the use of soma and casual sex. In today’s society both of these things are frowned upon greatly. However, in the brave new world, they are promoted. The prophecies promoted in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, are quite different from those promoted in today’s society. Even though the new society digresses greatly from today’s, were the ideas promoted really all that bad? It could be argued either way. One side may argue that there is nothing really wrong with continuously physically pleasuring yourself. After all, if “everybody belongs to everybody else”( book), there would be a lot less fighting. If technology did not allow for any of the consequences associated with drugs, then what would be so wrong about them? What if you did not have to go through life behaving yourself, because the concept of having to get into heaven simply did not exist. Would it not be nice to not have to deal with all the pain and grieving death brings, to be able to simply accept it and move on? However, the other side might argue that it is unimaginable to go through life where people are created in factories, there are no families, no freedom, morality, spirituality or rights? Many people would argue that these things are not worth sacrificing, for any amount of pleasure. It is hard to even conceive the idea of going through life without ever knowing a mother’s love for her children. Some people might argue that life without freedom and love is not really life at all. The prophecies in Brave New World, could be argued as either good or bad, but is there anyway to prevent them? With all of the technological advances occurring in the world today, is there anyway to ensure that the society is safe from ever becoming a Brave New World? Even though it seems far-fetched, it is completely possible that in the future, scientists will be able to make hundreds of humans out of one egg in a test tube. Just a few short years ago, the idea of cloning would have seemed far-fetched. Yet scientists have already cloned a sheep, and a human might not be that far away. “The Roslin Institute's Dr. Ian Wilmut, who pioneered the technique that cloned Dolly from a single mammary cell from an adult sheep, said that while human cloning is theoretically possible, he saw no reason to do so”(Cnn). With all of these technological advances, it seems as though a brave new world society is just around the corner, but is that what the people really want? Can this society be prevented? There is a fine line between technology and life, and it is vital that no one crosses that line. Bibliography: Word Count: 729
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