s isextensive and complicated. In 1984, they have telescreens which are never turned off and inBrave New World the people watch movies using the feelies, which adds senses to a movie. Next, there are numerous differences between the two novels. Firstly, sex is perceiveddifferently in both societies. In Brave New World, sex is used as a form of recreation and it isaccepted. The drug soma is used to prevent any great emotions and people are encouraged to bepromiscuous. However, in 1984, sex is considered to be disgusting and the party tried to kill anydesire or attraction from one person to another. There were organizations such as the JuniorAnti-Sex League which advocated complete celibacy for both sexes. Secondly, the way thebooks are written are different. 1984 was written in first-person and was mostly narrated by themain characters internal dialogue, while Brave New World was written in third-person. Thisillustrated different character views than 1984. The role of hypocrisy is different in the societiesbecause Brave New World brings it to a different extent. This is because the Ford in Brave NewWorld has a child himself, and the people in that society are conditioned to actually consider theword parents as a curse word. In 1984 the hypocrisy is not brought to as great of a level as that. Thirdly, the role of drugs is a great difference. Soma, the drug used in Brave New World, isbasically used to control everyone. Although the people do not know that they are even beingcontrolled. In 1984, drugs are used, but not to as big of an extent. What controls the people in1984 is that they are not aware of the negative aspects of their situation and they are basicallyscared to think negatively of their situation. This ties right into the next comparison, which ishow the people are controlled. Besides the drugs, in 1984 the people are constantly beingwatched while in Brave New World the people are conditioned at a very young ...
