Brave New World by Aldous Huxley: Creativity vs Technology. Promot: make a good case for distortion as distinct from literary realism and explain how it contributes to the effectiveness of the work

Date Submitted: 04/22/2004 16:02:50
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 3 pages (806 words)
In the dystopian novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley presents a horrifying view of a future in which society has become imprisoned by the very technology it believed would bring freedom. Huxley's distortion of technology, religion, and family values in Brave New World is far more persuading than his use of literary realism in depicting the savage reservation. Through distortion, Huxley is able to make his arguments more effectively, and cause speculation over whether or …
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…to as His Fordness. Henry Ford is the god of the Brave New World. Society has replaced what is associated with beauty, nature, and creativity, with a man who invented the assembly line, a process designed to stamp out thousands of identical, interchangeable parts. Huxley's distortion forces people to seriously consider the future of society. Are we going to become the exact same replaceable person? Creativity brought the technology, but will the technology destroy creativity?
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