Total Dystopia
Society is always trying to find perfection, but no matter how hard any society trys perfection is incapable of being achieved. In 1984 by George Orwell, Oceania is future London, where a totalitarian government is at rule. Big Brother is the perceived ruler that is said to always be watching. People in Oceania do not have a sense of thoughts they do what they are told and controlled by the party. In a Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the novel takes place in 2540 A.D. London The novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology, people where to belong to one of five castes: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, or Epsilon. The Alpha embryos are destined to become the leaders and thinkers of the World State. The Epsilons, stunted and stupefied by oxygen deprivation and chemical treatments, are destined to perform menial labor. Both novels show how society tired to create the perfect Society, however what they cause was total dystopia.
Two Literary Terms George Orwell applies in his novel are foreshadowing and Irony. An Example of Foreshadowing in the novel is when Winston dreams that he is making love to Julia in the Golden Country. Another Example of Foreshadowing is meeting OBrien in the place of no darkness. An example of Irony is that Winston hates Julia in the beginning of the novel because he thinks she is thought Police:
"Winston had disliked her from the very first moment of seeing her. He knew the reason. It was because of the atmosphere of hockey-fields and cold baths and community hikes and general clean-mindedness which she managed to carry about her. He disliked nearly all woman, and especially the young and pretty ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy" (1984 pg 12).
When in reality she is the total opposite she hates the party and also is against it, and Winston and her fall in love. Even thought, he felt strongly about Julia when Winston was caught and brought to room 101 with the Rats He Betrayed Julia by screaming that he wants OBrien to subject Julia to this torture instead of him.
Aldous Huxley uses symbolism and Mood to help understand the central idea of the novel. One of the Symbols used in the novel is the bottle as a symbol of conditioning and social predestination; soma as a manifestation of the use of technology to control society and the promotion of happiness over truth. The mood at first there seems to be a happy, almost buoyant, mood in the novel, for at first glance, things in this brave new world seem greatly improved. But as the novel progresses, the mood changes to one of doubt, disillusionment, and despair, as the truth about the brave new world is revealed. The truth that the Brave New world isnt really the perfect utopia. The novel shows the Dangers in technology in the control of reproduction and medical involvement.
"Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly colour. I'm so glad I'm a Beta" (Brave New World pg. 27).
This showed that even if your were an Alpha at the top of the classes that you still had no perfection and still had flaws in them because they were not happy.
Utopia, An ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects. However, the idea is too optimistic and unrealistic. Even thought, Society can control Government, Technology and a persons individuality, but the idea of a utopia in unfeasible. For the reason that, imperfection is inevitable and no matter what control is held against the flaws of Society will appear.
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