In the dystopian novel Brave New World, Huxley uses symbols to create meaning and convey his goals. The use of sex and reproduction, Shakespearean writing, and religious texts, as symbols in the novel, helps promote Huxley's agenda that total government control is devastating and the inner human drive to be an individual cannot never be suppressed. Furthermore, the fact that the novel was written in 1931 shows that Huxley was attacking the newly formed socialist nations. The first two chapters of this novel consist of the director of hatcheries and conditioning showing the students how the breeding system works in the World State. Students are brought to the center where they create babies using ovaries and reproductive systems removed from humans. They are shown how the government controls all reproduction in the country. This shows that the government is in complete control because it controls even the most basic part of life. Children have no parents and are trained by the government from birth. This immediately seems foreign to the reader because that is obviously not how society works. This seems like a violation of human rights; especially to readers who live in democracies because all human rights are taken away immediately starting from the reproductive state of life. Not only does Huxley use sex and reproduction as symbols of theft of human rights early in life, he uses it for their adolescents and adults. screw. In this society, strange and foreign sexual control is shown at an early age, when children at an early age are told to play an erotic and sexual game. This continued push for sexual promiscuity, especially among women, is in stark contrast to our own society...... at the center of paper production, and to Shakespearean writing and biblical/religious texts , he successfully creates meaning and pushes his agenda that total government control is devastating and that the inner human drive to be an individual can never be suppressed, which attacks the nascent socialist and fascist societies of the time. This makes the novel Brave New World more than just a novel to read. It makes it a socio-political masterpiece that makes people value their human rights. Works Cited Shmoop Editorial Team. “New World Sex Theme” Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc., November 11, 2008. Shmoop Editorial Team. "Allusions and cultural references to the New World" Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc., November 11, 2008. Schellenberg, James. "Defying fate." http://www.challengingdestiny.com/reviews/bravenew.htm. Np, 22 002 2004. Web. 1 January 2012.
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