ty and alcohol; none of their defects." All workers are required to take the drug (everyone receives a daily ration), making it an indispensable component of social control. The social control that both societies thrive on is one that our society lacks, the authors imply that a more structured environment might bring our society to a higher level.In order to maintain the social control that both novels posses, it is necessary to separate themselves from the ways of the past society. In Utopia, the king had the earth that connected them to land dug, in order to become the secluded island that they are. In Brave New World, people who still lived by the way of the past were retained on reservations. These people, “savages,” were surrounded by electric fences. Members from the new society had to obtain apass that was seldom given out in order to get into the reservation. Separating the new societies was essential, which we see in both novels when the new society meets with the inhabitants of the old. Although there are many similarities between the two novels, the differences are much more apparent. In Brave New World, feelings of love have been eliminated. These feelings, have been eradicated through ingenious methods, with the use of science and technology. In the World State, the children are trained from the moment they are created, to have few emotions in life. The government in the World State understands that emotions are a dangerous thing to have; therefore, they have concluded that the best way of maintaining social stability is by brainwashing the population. The government downplays the importance of sex by not only encouraging but enforcing multiple partners. No one is allowed to “have” the same person for very long. If someone has been “having” only one person for a month the controllers are notified and the couple is forced to “have” other people. The Controllers reaso...
