Similarities Between Huxley And George Orwell
The best feeling in the world is love and happiness. In today’s society, we are very fortunate to experience love, happiness, and liberty. After reading the works of Aldous Huxley and George Orwell, it made me realise how different my society is compared to the depiction of the future by Huxley and Orwell. Orwell described the future as if we live under a dictator, and Huxley described it as “everyone can have their needs, as long as you let me be in complete power”. In today’s society, we have the freedom to speak out against unfair policies set by the government. 1984 explained what can happen if we lived in a dystopian society. He gave plenty of examples of how the government has an impact on our lives. For example, in the story, the
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Big Brother didn’t believe in intimacy of any kind. Julia and Winston loved each other and they had to hide it from everyone because love was not allowed. Julia wanted to show her affection for Winston, but Winston didn’t want to show her affection the way she did for him, because he knew what Big Brother would do to them. Brave new world is much different. Huxley highly encouraged people to be open and honest about promiscuisity and intimacy. In the civilization, Mustapha Mond encourages everyone to “engage” whenever they can. Families are not in the new world, babies are born in test tubes, not through the way they are in our society. When women engage, they have a special belt that prevents them from having children. “Put your arms around me...hug me till you drug me, honey...Kiss me till I’m in a coma. Hug me honey, snuggly” (Huxley,194). In a Brave new World, John the Savage believed in getting to know someone before having physical relations with them. He told Lenina he didn’t want to engage with her because he doesn’t know her well enough to do so. Lenina, of course, did not understand because everyone in the civilization are programmed to have an “orgy porgy” (Huxley, 81) John went insane in the civilization because he didn’t think people should take drugs to be happy, or sleep with everyone you
Big Brother didn’t believe in intimacy of any kind. Julia and Winston loved each other and they had to hide it from everyone because love was not allowed. Julia wanted to show her affection for Winston, but Winston didn’t want to show her affection the way she did for him, because he knew what Big Brother would do to them. Brave new world is much different. Huxley highly encouraged people to be open and honest about promiscuisity and intimacy. In the civilization, Mustapha Mond encourages everyone to “engage” whenever they can. Families are not in the new world, babies are born in test tubes, not through the way they are in our society. When women engage, they have a special belt that prevents them from having children. “Put your arms around me...hug me till you drug me, honey...Kiss me till I’m in a coma. Hug me honey, snuggly” (Huxley,194). In a Brave new World, John the Savage believed in getting to know someone before having physical relations with them. He told Lenina he didn’t want to engage with her because he doesn’t know her well enough to do so. Lenina, of course, did not understand because everyone in the civilization are programmed to have an “orgy porgy” (Huxley, 81) John went insane in the civilization because he didn’t think people should take drugs to be happy, or sleep with everyone you