Aldous Huxley's “Brave New
World” is a somewhat accurate description of society today nearly 80 years
after it was published. In the book, consumerism is very strong and when
something breaks, you just buy a new one. If you shirt or pants rip, you just
throw them away and buy a new pair instead of fixing them because it would
“look bad.” Huxley also accurately described today’s transportation. In the
book there were helicopters that transported people around, today there are
cars, planes, and trains that move people from place to place.
Even though Huxley was right in a few areas of the
future, he was wrong with a lot of the social structure and society. In the book,
there were major gaps between the various castes. Today, there are gaps between
social classes but now days everyone is supposed to be treated equally. Even
though this doesn't exactly happen, there is a lot more fair treatment now than
is portrayed in the book. Reproduction is also another area that Huxley was
wrong in. Huxley portrays society cloning people and genetically engineering
every being so that they would be perfect for their predestined task. Today's
society is far from this with reproduction occurring naturally and not
artificially in laboratories being designed to be the best they can be.
Although cloning is starting to make an impact on society now, it will be a
long time till Huxley's future comes true, if it ever does come true.
I think Huxley's idea for the future is not all that
realistic and doesn't accurately describe the future. I think that the future
will be led by technology and ideas by the people, not lead by the government
and the idea of peace. The public will always want to move forward and not want
to be limited in what they know or do as in Huxley's future.
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