Brave New World: A Society of False Happiness Essay -- Literary Analys

From the moment of birth, to the moment of death, humans ar flooded with emotions both good and bad. Individuals are continuously seeking fulfillment, some failing to find it while others succeed. Many seek adoration love, accomplishment and greatness. In literature, authors take the readers on journeys that all(prenominal)ow imagination, granting the possibleness for the reader to grasp inner desires and decide what is truly important in animateness. Literature allows readers to dive into a different world where happiness and fulfillment is handsome and eternal, also described as a utopia, while other pieces of literature direct the reader into a world of dissatisfaction which is a dystopia. Aldous Huxleys Brave immature humanity is in 26th century England. With the help of advanced technology and drugs, happiness fills the lives of the people living at that time period. But, the people are wanting(p) out on one of the most important feelings of life. That is sorrow or unhap piness. The society in Brave New World is very different from contemporaneous society many aspects of life are removed such as family, monogamy, and religion. The citizens of Brave New World live in false happiness with all the necessities of life provided for them but have the lack of an inferred deeper satisfaction. In Brave New World happiness is the lack of unhappiness because the inhabitants can never truly fill in what happiness is without experiencing true unhappiness. The lifestyle in Brave New World is built on the notion that happiness is the only thing necessary in ones life. This novel suggest that the reader should seek things besides happiness because the citizens in the World State live bleak and monotonous lives which level the faults in this so-called perfect society. In thi... ...terature or life and does not have a deeply satisfying sense of family and love. Brave New World suggests that the readers should seek freedom, knowledge, and love in their lives by pr oducing humans in test tubes and simultaneously rendering family, marriage and love obsolete , removing religion and all preliminary knowledge of art and history humans would lose their nature and become like robots emotionless and without freedom or independent thought. The pursuit of happiness is a long, treacherous road that is superficial and misguided. Individuals should seek meaning in life and happiness may or may not follow. Having meaning in life is much more satisfying and meaning cannot be achieved without the freedom to seek the answers to many controversial questions, without the knowledge of what it means to be human or without some other individual to share this experience with.