Imagine a world where mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters are no longer part of society. Imagine a world of lifeless human shells. Both Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, and 1984, by George Orwell, portray societies degraded by the idea of “utopia”. In such a disrupted society it is not surprising that people lose their humanity. For those characters who still had sanity, the impact of this world would push their minds to the limit. Being human means being able to think and learn without any restrictions. Having an opinion all to yourself even if it clashes with someone else's. Being human means having emotions. You have to be able to smile, cry, laugh or shout without living in fear of the consequences. You also have to experience feelings of love and hate. To be human you should also be able to have a religion. Morals and instilled values are also part of being human. These values come from their families and friends, without them a person would simply be an empty shell. In Brave New World, citizens are profoundly brainwashed from childhood to adulthood. They are “conditioned” to government standards. The citizens of this society are created through cloning and placed into a rigid dehumanizing structure of five classes ranging from Alphas to Epsilons. When they are children, their minds are forced to love their job, their social class and even sex. "I'm terribly happy to be a Beta,...we're so much better than the Gammas and Deltas. The Gammas...everyone wears green, and the Delta kids wear khaki...And the Epsilons are even worse. They're too stupid to be able to do that." read or write Also they dress in black... I'm so happy to be a Beta." Huxley(27). This demonstrates how hypnopaedia works and how senseless the soc is... middle of paper... Orwell demonstrates that it is entirely possible for humans to become dehumanized by these torturous means. In rm. 101, Winston becomes subject to his greatest fear: the mice begs to torture her with rats. In the end, the party is successful and now Winston "loves" Big Brother. Dehumanization seems to be the only possible solution to create a utopian society. However, giving up what makes a person what and it seems a bit too high a cost for happiness. All these lifeless people in their daily gestures, like puppets, dancing and smiling on a stage following the hands of the puppeteer is so great that the only sane characters are torn to pieces and cease to exist. Looking at it, having a holy soul is certainly not happiness, it is not even human.
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