Topic > Genetic engineering and social conditioning in Huxley's work...

In his text Brave New World Aldous Huxley imagines a society genetically modified and socially conditioned to be a fully functioning society in which everyone seems to be truly happy. This society is created by assigning a social status to each person by both, just like the caste system in modern society or social strata applied to everyday society. Huxley shows the issues of class struggle from the Marxist perspective when he writes: “The Bokanovky trial is one of the main instruments of social stability” (Director 7). The director shows that the Bokanovky process is a way to control and manage the population much more easily. The process consists of creating clones to control. This is the process of creating ninety-six. This passage means that everyone is created, trained equally and none of them have their own life or thoughts or emotions, which is a shame. Utopia is trying to unite everyone. They scold people who are unique individuals and when they meet a different individual, the individual is sent to a psychologist and gets mentally fixated. Furthermore, the state wants people to have fun and play with other people rather than to be mothers and fathers of children and feel the pain. Marriage is frowned upon while people are encouraged to enjoy themselves erotically. The controller of a perfect society wants people to have sex for their own happiness and not to build a family. They are satisfied with the happiness they get from the things they use. This could state that the citizens of Brave New World are truly happy, this is more the result of ignorance and blindness rather than a truly fulfilling sense of bliss. However, one person in Brave New World tried to allow his individuality into society and eventually became a dangerous citizen. The person who contested his individuality was Bermard Marx who is an Alpha plus and does not believe in the promiscuous nature of his society. He feels isolated from the rest of society because he tries to do things that are different from him