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The Myopia of Dystopia

tween the intense conditioning and soma all the desires of the populous are satisfied there is no need for love, family, or any form of nostalgia.In this world's endeavor to achieve utopia at all costs, they have paid dearly. Love, both filial and romantic, was trampled under by the mass stampede to attain perfection. Though decanting comes about the lose of filial love because in this world there are no mothers or fathers, or any family for that matter. ”Mother, monogamy, romance. High spurts the fountain; fierce and foamy the wild jet. The urge has but a single outlet." (Huxley 41) The comparison to a wild jet is intended to demonstrate the inherent dangers in these activities; the controlling class encourages and conditions the citizens to have sex with many partners within their caste. No love is possible in this society because it has been weeded out. People of Brave New World even see the love between a mother and child disgusting. “The spectacle of two young women giving breasts to their babies made her blush and turn away her face. She had never seen anything so indecent in her life"(Huxley 111). The only way they can see love is when they go to the savage lands. The savage land is where John is from and through his eyes the reader can truly see this world of dystopia.The reader of Brave New World can see that the society has not reached anything having semblance to a utopia, as can John the Savage, but ironically the people of the society think other wise; citizens believe they have reached a state of living that many dream of. The people of this world cannot see this dystopia whereas John can. Society disgust John because he is able to see without the contaminants of conditioning and soma clouding his perception. "'O brave new world that has such people in it.'...But the Savage had suddenly broken away and was violently retching"(Huxley 63). The society does not understand John’s reaction other then that they...

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