freedom, censorship, individuality, and state control, but maybe a few too many to reach the depth I would have preferred. There are certainly a lot of cool elements touched on, like consumerism, sexuality, happiness vs. Bernard’s return to London brings new ideas and becomes a social experiment in the stability of the World State versus the conformity of individuals. When the central character, Bernard Marx, goes on vacation to a Savage Reservation in New Mexico where people still reproduce and live off the land, the World State society is quickly thrown into stark contrast. Furthermore, should anyone’s desires be delayed, they’re provided a soothing, happiness-inducing drug called Soma. Happiness and stability are paramount to the World State where consumerism, expensive sports, and sexual promiscuity are socially mandated, leading to a common saying “everyone belongs to everyone else” intended to prevent anyone from being denied what they want.

Each citizen has a predetermined class and job based on their designed level of intelligence and behavioral conditioning to maintain social order. Genre: Science Fiction, Classics, Dystopiaīrave New World is set in a future society where people are no longer born and parented in families but are created by genetic engineering in factories and raised for specific purposes by the World State.

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