Topic > Compare and contrast Utopia and Brave New World

Indeed, words that describe relationships within a family such as brother, sister, mother, or father, are considered offensive. The reason for this is because relationships in this society lack emotional bonds as everyone is decanted instead of born. Social castes are determined before settling and people remain in their castes without any complaint for as long as they live. This society is very controlled by its rulers and instead of encouraging open education, it is taught through hypnotization. Through this “Hyponopedia” they are asked only to learn what is necessary for their survival and are taught to hate things that might excite them such as flowers and books. In Brave New World the characters have the ability to have children through conception, but because it is despised they use oral contraceptives to prevent this from happening. Controllers also have the ability to control the population through the Bokanovsky process, or decanting itself. Similar to Utopia, in the new world there is universal healthcare, available to everyone from birth until death. There was also an unlimited supply of Soma that people could take whenever they began to feel too human. However, some goals of health care appear to be influenced by vanity, such as youthful treatments offered to people who are aging. While there is no fort