Dystopian Novel Journal # 1 (Topic C)

The vision Aldous Huxley creates in Brave New World is as powerful as it is plausible. The vision of a world based on one of the strongest human emotions like happiness is very possible if conditions of the current world became bad enough. The detail that is given is given about the events that lead to the end result are not very detailed but give us a logical path of events that don't seem incredibly impossible. The problems of the present day are inherently solved in this new society but the cost is extremely high. Unlike most Dystopian novels that show an obviously horrible future, Huxley's world is seems surprisingly pleasant to most of the people in it. This makes the world all that more believable and illuminates the path that a society would follow to get to such an end. The worshiping of Ford was the only thing that stuck out as less than believable, the idea of worshiping such a person doesn't seem to be possible. The times where Ford is used in the same context as God seem quite silly and out of place. A general respect for the man would have been more realistic but for the books purposes it is and element that helps remind us that this is not our world. The alternative that Huxley give us is freedom sacrificed for happiness, it is a price that Americans especially would reject at first glance but given the right perspective the idea starts to be more appealing.