Individuality In Brave New World

Individuality and Humanity in Brave New World What makes someone different from the others could be anything. It could be personality, their interests, hobbies, or religion. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, an “individual” is unwanted and discouraged. Huxley’s shows us the importance of individuality, and how much our current world is dependent on it. In the new world that Huxley created, everyone is uniform. The aspects of life that allow the development of individuality are gone. There are no hardships, relationships, family, love or hate. The citizens are molded into a replaceable gear of society by conditioning, hypnopaedia, and the society itself.

At the beginning of the novel, the advance use of technology in the brave …show more content…
Delta infants at eight months are conditioned to dislike flowers and books. They do this by electrocuting them when they make contact with the objects. This is to keep the delta caste from liking the country side, as they work in factories. The case is the same with books; factory workers do not require the intelligence that they offer. Even worse are the epsilons, their intelligence are very limited since birth because of their conditioning as embryos. Limiting the amount of oxygen an embryo receives directly affect their mental capacity. The director of the hatchery confirms this, “Nothing like oxygen- shortage for keeping an embryo below par” (Huxley 12). Like this, they produce people who are capable of simple, no brainer tasks but are incapable of individual thoughts. When a person cannot conjure their own ideas, individuality is impossible. They become mindless puppets who only follow the rules of …show more content…
Emotions very often result from relationships, but these relationships are nowhere to be seen in the brave new world. “But every one belongs to every one else,” he concluded, citing the hypnopaedic proverb” (29). No one belongs to just one person, as what is often the case in our society. This kind of thinking makes the society in Brave New World very promiscuous and ignorant of intimate relationships. If one was to have just one partner, even for just a short time, they would get disapproval from others. “Fanny went on, pointing an accusing finger, “there’s been nobody else except Henry all that time” (29). Lenina was lectured by Fanny because she wasn’t promiscuous enough. Having only one partner is highly looked down upon. Lenina was embarrassed because of her actions and eventually agrees to make an effort and do things the “right” way. One could argue that, in this way, people do form relationships; however, these relationships are incredibly shallow. There’s little to no emotional investment

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