Book Review: Brave New World

Brave New World is a provocative and thrilling mystery meant for the extreme science fiction loving crowd, for those who love realistic fantasy. At first it was kind of difficult for me to catch on to the book because I’m not a big science fiction person, but the story made me open my eyes to a world completely opposite of mine.

John is the reason why I loved Brave New World. He was the most relatable character because he knew Shakespeare, love, and emotion. The world that he is from is so different from ours, yet it is the same. Where as in Lenina’s world, we are polar opposites.

Huxley uses satire to make his point of how technology has taken over our world. He wrote this novel 80 years ago, and yet it is intriguing to see how much he predicted has come true. Sex, drugs, and promiscuity. All of these things were seen as obscure and were totally looked down upon in the 1930’s and even today, but somehow through it all Huxley makes them seem as common and normal as filling up your car at the gas station. In the world that Huxley creates, things that we find normal such as family and marriage are not only frowned upon but don’t exist.

Wanting to fit in and be like everyone else is something that we can all relate too. Bernard, an alpha minus male, shows us this completely. Following him along we can sympathize with him wanting to be like everyone else. And like us to, he never seems to be accepted and his exiled away.

I would personally recommend this book to people who love science fiction. This isn’t exactly a kid friendly book, but it is perfect for high school students and above. For those who love this book I would also recommend the book “1984”, because they are very similar.