BNW and Blade Runner

The literary text “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley and the film “Blade Runner” the Director’s cut by Ridley Scott both use style to show the lack of importance present in both worlds and how there is little respect for the natural world. The link between nature and humans seems quite indistinct, almost unavailable. Both Huxley and Scott use aspects of their style to show the lack of importance, that both societies have on the natural world which does not only include the physical landscape but also what considered natural nowadays like birth, motherhood, family and of course love. Huxley’s style is quite different to that of Scott. The elements of the styles of both texts which show how weak this relationship between humanity and the natural world are for Brave New World using Shakespeare, satire, the anti-utopian genre, language, persuasion and propaganda, contrast and duality of character. As for Blade Runner, Scott uses symbolism, irony and the science fiction, film noir and dystopian genre.

Brave New World deals with the power of science and technology as a, means of killing of individuality and r

Persuasion and propaganda is evident in the hynopeadic slogans “Ending is better than mending”, “Everybody is happy nowadays”, “the more riches the less riches” and “A gramme is better than a damn”. Persuasion takes a more subtle form in the debate with Mond and the Savage. Mond through his assertiveness argument asserts that there is no need for God or passion, for history or high art and universal happiness is more important than truth and happiness. Mond through his dialogue puts forward the ideas the family causes pain and that ignorance is blissful in this society. The arguments of the savage seem however to be quite weak and unconvincing. The effect of this is to deliberately shock and challenge us to justify our beliefs. Huxley shows that there is little hope of the humanity of John winning over the society of Brave New World. Thus through Mond’s argument, it is apparent that humanity and the natural world have been literary sacrificed for false universal happiness and stability.

The film “Blade Runner” The Director’s Cut, similarly uses the dystopic genre to portray the examination of the importance of humanity’s relationship with the natural world. However “Blade Runner” also uses the film noir genre and the science fiction genre. The film noir genre is evident as it is set in a dark and gloomy urban environment where tall building dominate and where the natural world seems unavailable. Nature is nowhere to be seen. The movie is set in pervasive darkness and it is apparent that it is a technologically advanced society but this has come at a cost as the link between humanity and the natural world has been eliminated. The film portrays a bleak view of the future with technological advancements dominating the world. It is a world where we as responders and viewers don’t have any sympathy to the biological humans. Ironically we have sympathy to the replicant who have a life span of four years.

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