Brave New World

What is the price of stability? The loss of individuality? To sacrifice truth and beauty? To give up a family, God and even the possibility of romantic love?

Huxley paints a rather sinister dystopian future where rampant consumerism and the ‘good of the community' trumps passion, families, science and even reading good books. The civilised world is in a perpetual, drug induced state of ‘happiness'. Everyone is made to fit a particular mould; to know their place and to not deviate from their social conditioning. Into this world, Huxley introduces a Savage who has read Shakespeare, believes in God, loves his mother (scandalous!) and wishes be monogamous.

It is a thought provoking read. The arguments for this type of civilisation do actually make sense, but at what cost? No thank you. Send me to an island!