Aldous Huxley’s Americanization of the Brave New World Typescript

Science Fiction and Technological Advancement as Soft Powers to Control Human Genes in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

“…In a letter to his father late in August, 1931, Huxley sighed with relief at having "got rid of" a "satirical novel" of ideas "about the universal peace, security and stability. (Meckier, 2002) One of the questions that the novel addresses is the importance of family structure. With the abolition of viviparous reproduction, substituted by the asexual procedures of bottling and decanting, the concept of motherhood has become an obscene, revolting animal process to be left to animals and savages.…”

“…In this anti-utopian society, people are given ice-creams and chocolate in order not to fear, when exposed to death. Outraged by the sight of his mother in the middle of a group of Bokanovsky children perfecting their death conditioning, (Meckier, 2002) Presented as an opposition to the Utopian ideals, the nonconformist John the Savage prefers the individual freedom which he sees rooted in literature and religion ( Sanders, 1994). Arguing that sacrificing art and God is too high a price to pay for what Mond falsely claims is happiness, John, instead, claims the right to be unhappy, to grow old, to suffer, to be able to experience the full range of a human's "natural" emotional potential: "But I don't want comfort.…”