women should have more responsibilities when being compared to men. Mores answer to this problem was communism as well (Nelson 102). By creating a Utopian society with the same problems that his current society had, Moore offered his input on how to adapt to these troubles. The similarities between Platos Republic and Mores Utopia seem to be endless (Benz 3). This is because most utopian authors follow a certain chain of thought (Nelson 120). Because utopian authors write about contemporary societal problems, certain themes reoccur throughout the history of utopian literature. Mores Utopia and Platos Republic share many of the same troubles. This is because both authors detested the fact that government had excessive amounts of money and control. The two authors wrote their works in order to improve their societal conditions, not to envision a perfect civilization that cannot exist in reality.Although Aldous Huxley did not use a Brave New World to protest societal conditions, he did have a primary reason in writing his novel. Huxley used a Brave New World to show that technological advances and scientific advances are not the answer to creating a perfect society. By perfecting the use of genetic engineering, propaganda, hypnoaedia, and drugs, Huxleys Brave New World was supposed to be the ideal utopia, but in reality, all of the pleasures resulting from theses advances were empty. Genetic engineering was the basis for social structure and an unjust class system. By using propaganda and hypnoaedia to program its own citizens, the utopia maintained complete control of everything that went on within the society. No one ever questioned the way the society was run. When something did happen to go wrong, citizens were instructed to take soma, which made its users forget about all of their worries. By creating a flawed society that was technologically and scientifically advanced, Huxley showed people that science and technology...
