In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley gives us a futuristic society not far off from our present. With a bit of exaggeration on our worst qualities and some crazy added concepts, this book conveys a realistic prediction of where we could be in 200 years. The story is about the “World State” which is a dictatorship headed by ten World Controllers. The World State manages the population by taking away people's reproductive rights and replacing them with hatcheries and conditioning centers. Here they breed and sort embryos into five castes. Alphas and Betas are the top of the spectrum. They are allowed to develop as they normally would, at least in this society. Deltas, Gammas and Epsilons are at the end. They have their physical and intellectual growths stunted by chemical injections. After their “decanting”, they are all conditioned…show more content… Is it utopia or dystopia? Satirical utopia? Back in 1932 when it was written, it's clear that it's a dystopia. While not as oppressive and totalitarian as George Orwell’s 1984, written only a decade later, it still has those qualities that make you pray that this is not our future. Taking away reproductive possibility seems a little inhumane. Creating life as if it were another product in a factory dehumanizes this new world and leads to its lack of individuality. At the same time, you can find utopian qualities to it. While everyone is the same in their respective castes, they are all satisfied with their place in life. Everyone except for male lead Bernard but only because he doesn't fit in his caste. But even he can be content with his life with the help of soma, a tranquilizing drug. I have to wonder if there are some underlying problems in the World State that they concerned about so much that they pump their people up with drugs to make them oblivious to anything other than themselves. All societies have this problem but isnt this supposed to be a utopia? Or is it a
