Brave New World Thesis Ideas

Brave New World presents many ideas that would lead to a good essay. I think some of the ideas I would like to discuss in my essay have to do with mass production. It seems as though this novel focuses alot of its main ideas on the fact that all people share everything, everyone belongs to everyone, and what not. All the people are similar and share names, looks, and ideas. All the people think the same way due to this mass production, this exremely efficient way of conducting scientific experiments that always seem to go right. I think it is interesting that our way of life, in the novel is so obscure. I don't really know how to put all of this into a thesis. Maybe...In Huxley's Brave New World, science is used to guide society into greatness. I don't really think greatness is the right word but I can't think of another way to put it.

Another theme in the novel is kind of conneceted to originality, and lack thereof. The way people grow up have a tremendous affect on the way they turn out to be. All the people in this book grew up the same way, in government care. They grew up being brainwashed. This sounds horrible, but they seem like they actually enjoy life. Some people now may have a problem with their lifestyle but the people in Brave New World grew up to differently from us. Just because they were brainwashed does not mean that they do not have fun. It seems like, in general, the people in this novel have more fun than we do.

I think a good resource that can be added to this essay can come from 1984. Both novels deal with a government that has far too much power. The people do not have their own rights or their own decisions. The societies are not the same however. The society in 1984 is much scarier and way more threatening. If you mess up in the society they torture you and eventually kill you. Its not that harsh in Brave New World. I think it would be a good idea to bring 1984 into this essay as a way to contrast the happy go-lucky lifestyle in Brave New World to the scary society showcased in 1984. Another resource could come form the outcome of experiments in cloning or brainwashing. I think that could fit in well with my ides.