A Brave New World Persuasive Essay

thesis
The absence of books in A Brave New World is an essential component of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian world. In removing books from society, the government enforces the values of “community, identity, stability.” Literature and science contradict these principles by encouraging critical thinking, self-expression, and emotion, which supposedly threaten individuals’ wellbeing as well as that of the whole community. Huxley’s deliberate decision to eliminate books in A Brave New World exhibits his fear for the future: a mindless, unquestioning population living without the truth and beauty of arts, literature, and science.

body 1: (community)
The government in A Brave New World expends a great deal of energy in creating a sense of community, which in turn sacrifices individuality. Desire for a homogeneous society is evident in the genetic modification and hypnopaedic training of people to make them look, think, and act in the same way. An ideal population would be completely “bokanovskified” — endless sets of identical twins — because “after all, what is an individual?... We can make a new one with the greatest ease-as many as we like” (___). Almost …show more content…
For example, following his exposure to writing and reading poetry and literature, Helmholtz becomes increasingly disillusioned with his job of creating hypnopaedic mantras; he then starts to criticize his vacuous and uninteresting society. The government determines that the critical thinking involved with reading and writing can lead to questioning the status quo and challenging authority. Arts, science, and their search for beauty and truth are “incompatible with happiness” and lead to individual feelings, independent opinions, and discontent instead of a collective sense of happiness and loyalty (225). Thus the government makes the decision to remove books entirely — to suppress individuality and maintain control over the circulation of

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