The Brave New World By Aldous Huxley - 1761 Words

Social class as a result of differences in wealth or individuality are something that is a fundamental part in civilization. The book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley focuses on a futuristic dystopian society in which these things are magnified in order to create a rift in society. Each person is crafted specifically in order to perform their job well, and from birth they are divided into castes that dictate their way of living. By establishing a strict regime in Brave New World where the social classes are so well-defined that they are biological, Huxley makes a point about the world we live in by exploring the thought that our widely divided society will be one of our civilization’s greatest weaknesses and potentially downfalls due to†¦show more content†¦Foster very justly, ‘we don’t need human intelligence.’ Didn’t need and didn’t get it. But though the Epsilon mind was mature at ten, the Epsilon body was not fit to work till eig hteen. Long years of superfluous and wasted immaturity. If the physical development could be speeded up till it was quick†¦ what an enormous saving to the community! (1, 14-15)† The tone used by the Director here is somewhat sterile and unfeeling towards the Epsilons; thinking of them through a scientific standpoint, as though they were not people but scientific experiments, and his word choice of â€Å"triumph† and â€Å"benefaction to Society† makes it clear that in that society, the community is valued way more than the individual, who is often seen as â€Å"disposable†. The sentence structure here is made up of long sentences often with exclamation marks, giving the impression of someone speaking rapidly with excitement. This all contributes to the tone of the passage, which is overall positive; brimming with the excitement of scientific discoveries â€Å"beneficial† to society. However, the mood is entirely different. Having been conditioned differently, readers today find the aspect of engineering