Sacrifice In Brave New World

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In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the society represents the theme that sacrifice is something one must give up, for the sake of a better cause. In this case getting rid of art, religion, love, family, and science centuries ago was the only way to ensure happiness and stability in the society. To demonstrate the Controller says.“‘But that’s the price we have to pay for stability, you’ve got to choose between happiness and … high art , we’ve sacrificed the high art, we have the feelies … instead’”(Huxley 220). The Controller explains to John The Savage how in order to maintain stability in the society the government had to give up high art. As a result the society is not given the chance to express their emotions by painting or expressing