“Brave New World” is a novel by Aldous Huxley, published in 1932. It is set in a dystopian future society where people are artificially engineered and conditioned to conform to a strict social hierarchy. The novel explores themes of control, conformity, and the dangers of technology.
- The novel begins with a tour of the Central London Hatcheries and Conditioning Centre, where human embryos are artificially incubated and conditioned to fit into predetermined social roles.
- The main character, Bernard Marx, is an outsider in this society because of his small size and unorthodox views. He becomes interested in a woman named Linda, who is an outsider like himself because she was born outside the controlled society and has different customs and values.
- Linda and her son John, who was also born outside the society, are brought back to the society and are treated as strange and inferior.
- Bernard becomes increasingly disillusioned with the society and its values, and he begins to argue for change.
- John, who is horrified by the society’s lack of emotion and individuality, becomes a catalyst for change and begins to spread his own values.
- However, the society resists change and John is eventually exiled.
- Bernard, who has been ostracized for his unorthodox views, is also exiled.
- The novel ends with Bernard and John living in an isolated village, where they contemplate the future of humanity and the dangers of a society that values control over individual freedom.
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