Comparison 'And Aldous Huxley's Brave New World'

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Neil Postman’s Assertion Neil Postman contrasts George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World to express that Huxley’s vision of society is more accurate today than Orwell’s. His point by point argument of the two novels explains the differences between how each author sees society. Orwell warned that society will be over powered by an exterior enforced oppression, while Huxley believed that people would like the oppression because new technologies will be created because of the oppression and people will no longer have to think for themselves. Postman’s assertion that Huxley’s vision is more applicable in today’s world seems more logical than Orwell’s vision. Postman uses a point-by-point argument to prove that Huxley’s vision is more relevant than Orwell’s. Postman says “What Orwell feared were those would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one” (Lines 12-13). Orwell’s vision of banning books could never happen in today’s society because of the first amendment. Banning of books can only take place in schools because the content could be too mature for youth, but students could still read the books outside of…show more content…
Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us” (Lines23-24). There are many things in this world that many people hate, but they do not let that ruin them. Many people do not like the president, but they do not let that have a large negative impact over their lives. But, things that people love have more potential to ruin them. Some people love to eat and therefore will eat too much and develop health problems. Some people love alcohol or cigarettes and they become addicted and then die because thye cannot stop theselves for using these harmful products. Ignoring things that people hate is more easy than to ignore something that they

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