Brave New World Review

Brave New World Review

Brave New World, by Huxley, shows us a world where everyone is equal in society; there is no war, no crimes, no unhappiness, and no chaos. The story begins in 632 A.F. in a world where families, fathers, mothers, homes, history, and God do not exist.  Infants are born within surrogate bottles, given dosage of certain amounts of vaccines. People live young and youth until they hit the age of 60 and die. Soma is a commonly used drug to bring happiness to the people; getting rid of the uneasy feelings.

            The D.H.C. controls all that goes on in this workplace and the Controller has power over everything and everybody. People are split into caste systems Alpha at the top and Delta being at the bottom. Marx, a Alpha, not like other people, soma does not work on him, and he cannot “see” Ford, whom is now God in this world. Marx realizes he is different from everyone else and that makes him mad; rumors of alcohol being poured into his surrogate go around the locker rooms, until Leinna, an Beta whom has had many men, walks up to Marx talking about their plans to the Savage Resvation-in hoping to get Foster jealous, a guy she has been having.

            Marx gets his paper signed by the D.H.C. to go to the resvation with Leinna, only to hear a story from the D.H.C. of how he went there with someone he was having at the time, but she disappeared during the night as he was searching for her; he went home the next day not knowing what really happened to her. The D.H.C. realized what he just done and threatens Marx to send him to Iceland if he hears anymore bad behavior of him. Marx doesn’t really take his threat in and just walks out slamming the door feeling powered and in control.

            Marx and Leinna are at the Savage Resvation where they are greeted by their guide, an Indiana, their pilot ensures Leinna that nothing with happen to her, because the Savages have been trained. The guide takes Marx and Leinna to their pueblo, but on the way they see old people, rituals, mothers breast feeding, and Marx finds it all very interesting, but Leinna is horrified by all of it and begs Marx to take her home. They come across an interesting ritual where an young boy gets whipped in a circle to bring crops and water to the land, Leinna covers her face in disgust, after the ritual is over, Marx and Leinna meet a savage called John. John tells him how he wishes he was getting whipped and that he could bring fifteen times more water and crops than the young boy ever could.

            John is attracted to Leinna and brings her and Marx to John’s pueblo, where they meet Lind, which Marx figures out is the D.H.C.’s girl. Marx sees this as an chance to make the D.H.C. pay once and for all. Linda and Leinna are left in the pueblo talking about the Other world and the Savage world, while John and Marx take a walk. Marx tells John that he could take him and Linda back to the Other World with him and see his father. John so excited that eh recites William Shakesphere’s Macbeth.

            Marx, Leinna, Linda, and John all head to the Other World. The D.H.C. calls Marx trying to make an example of him in front of hundreds of Betas and Alphas, but instead the D.H.C. is humiliated when Marx calls Linda in and she exclaims that she has had his son and how there was no way it was her fault. Linda calls John in and John runs to his father’s feet and yells “my father!”. The D.H.C. is so embarrassed that he runs out of the room and quits his job.

            Marx is in popular and has girls almost every day of each week, but all that goes away when John refuses to go to the parties and instead wants to stay home with Linda, whom has taken a soma-hoilday and is slowly dying.  Everything goes back to normal with Marx, but he gets jealous when John and Watson start having a booming friendship. Later that day Leinna gives John a visit; John tries to tell her that he loves her and wants to prove it her, but Leinna doesn’t understand and takes off her clothes throwing herself on John. John pushes her back and slaps her calling her a whore. Leinna hides in the bathroom and the phone rings, John picks it up and he is told that it’s Linda’s time to die.

            Linda dies and John has no where else to go; John decides to leave and make his own life, which he lives in a lighthouse. Soon, people get wind of this and watch John whip himself and he starts to join in the “orgy-porgy”.  The next day John realizes what he has done and decides to end it all by hanging himself.

            I would recommend this book to a friend, because it’s a very interesting book and it leaves you thinking about so many things. My favorite part in this book would have to be when Marx humiliates the D.H.C. The part I don’t really care for are the “orgy-porgy” or the Feelings. People should really read this book and compare it to how we are today.