Topic > Journal Two Essay - 526

I think this book has immense value for today's readers. Aldous Huxley, the author of Brave New World, is trying to illustrate the consequences of individuality, the dependency of technology and its true purpose, and future warnings of what our society is becoming. Being an individual in a society like in Brave New World is seen as strange, unacceptable and breeds instability. Wild John questions the ways of this dystopia and challenges it. John believes that instability, being your own person with a unique set of beliefs is a better way to live. Mustapha Mond however agrees to disagree. He says: "You cannot create flywheels without steel and you cannot create tragedies without social instability. The world is stable now. People are happy; they get what they want and never want what they cannot get. They are well off; wise; they are never sick; they are not afraid of death; they are blissfully ignorant of passion and of old age;;...