	Save up to 50% if you register now!


Moopuna: Home - About Moopuna - Search - Help	Login - Register Now



	Site Search:

Term Papers Categories

Acceptance Essays
Alcohol & Drugs
American History
Anatomy & Physiology
Animal Science
Anthropology
Architecture
Arts
Astronomy
Aviation
Biographies
Biology
Book Reports
Business
Chemistry
Computers & Internet
Creative Writing
Current Events
Economics
Education
Engineering
English
Environmental Issues
Ethics
European History
Film & Cinema
Foreign Languages
Geography
Government
Health & Beauty
Health Care
History
Human Sexuality
Legal Issues
Marketing
Mathematics
Medicine
Movies
Music
Mythology
Philosophy
Physics
Poetry
Political Issues
Political Science
Psychology
Religion
Science
Shakespeare
Social Issues
Sociology
Speech & Communications
Sports & Games
Supernatural Issues
Technology
Theater
World History
Zoology

Critical Analysis Of Practical Application Of Utopia In Brave

Statistics

Counts

Total Pages: 4.71
Total Words: 1178
Total Characters: 5995
Number of Sentences: 82

Averages

Words per Sentences: 14.37
Characters per Words: 5.09

Readability

Flesch Reading Ease: 60.97
Fog Scale Level: 11.38
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 8.32

critical analysis of practical application of utopia in brave

Debra Ackerman
Mrs. Eileen Waite
English III A
11 March 1996
Criticism of Practical Application of Utopia in Brave New World     Aldous Huxley's Brave New World illustrates the loss of morality when established standards are replaced by amoral criteria.  In his novel, Huxley criticizes the practical applications of Utopia in actual society.  Huxley's depiction of love, science, and religion support the ineffectiveness of implementing Utopia in everyday life.
     In Brave New World, Huxley shows contempt for the human emotion of love.  The people that make up his imaginary society have no conception of love or any other passion, and actually scorn the idea.  Huxley believes that along with passion comes emotional instability.  The Utopian state cannot afford any kind of instability and therefore cannot afford love.
     The destruction of the family is one example of the effect of Utopia's absence of love.  In a world of bottled-births, not only is there no need for a family, but the idea is actually considered obscene.  The terms "mother" and "father" are extremely offensive and are rarely used except in science.
     Huxley uses Mustapha Mond, the World Controller, to portray the vulgarity when he explains the obscenity of life before Utopia to a group of students:
          And home was as squalid psychically as physically.  Psychically, it was a rabbit hole, a midden, hot with the frictions of tightly packed life, reeking with emotion.  What suffocating intimacies, what dangerous, insane, obscene relationships between the members of the family group! (37)
In an earlier passage, Huxley shows the effects of Mond's explanation on one boy, "The Controller's evocation was so vivid that one of the boys . . . turned pale at the mere description and was on the point of being sick" (36).
     In reality, the family unit is the core of society.  Huxley realizes the importance of the home and family.  A home is where...

Please login to view comments from other users.

Subscription Plans Price Savings

1 Month (automatic renewal) $29.95

3 Month (automatic renewal) $59.95 32 %

6 Month (one-time billing) $89.95 50 %

Pay with:

If you are having problems registering, please don't hesitate to contact us.