It is possible to improve upon our current society, but not to the point of perfection. The main reason that a true utopia will never be realized is that people are different. Human beings have a soul, free will, and the right to choose. For a utopian s

George Orwell did not even try to sugarcoat anything in his book, 1984. Written in 1949, it foretold of a dark and destructive future. A future in which people were forced and conditioned to hate. Fear was the weapon of choice for the governing powers, known only as Big Brother and The Party. They used surveillance tactics, physiological conditioning, and hate to control the human population. It is a total contrast to Brave New World’s use of fabricated happiness to keep the masses controlled. In Orwell’s utopia, to simply think an original thought was punishable by death. Individuality was destroyed, as was the freedom of choice and thought.

The main deterrent of a utopian state is the inherent differences that we as humans are born with. That proposes a complex problem with a simple solution. All we have to do is convince humans to be complacent with their given place in society. Aldous Huxley solves this problem in Brave New World. On the surface, his book appears somewhat comical, but beneath its humorous outer shell, its message is quite dark. Huxley writes about a future, in which, a one-world government will rise to power, taking all of man’s freedoms. The government’s rulers of this world have realized that using force and fear build up resentment in the ranks. However, subconscious persuasion, and mind-altering drugs, combined with genetic engineering and conditioning produce no negative side effects. There are other physical advantages to these techniques as well.

In this utopia, life would be long and good for its citizens. With their conditioning, they would never have to worry about fear, the unknown, crime, disease, poverty, and apathy. At the same time, they would never know true joy, laughter, happiness, and fulfillment. With the absence of all negative emotions and experiences, there could not be any truly positive ones as well. Sure, these people may seem happy on the inside, but in reality, they do not even know what happiness is. To know joy, one must also experience distress, to compare the two, and learn from the negative experiences. Humanity is an ever mentally evolving species. A human must

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