Brave New World Reaction

Brave New World is like most science fiction novels when it tries to describe a world both drastically different from our own but still has a resemblance so the readers can somehow connect. I was a little horrified with the way no one seemed to show emotions in the new world; it seems to me that emotions are what definitions humanity and without them, the people act like robots. As for the connection with today’s world, I think the fears some people have for technology are addressed in Brave New World. It’s on the news a lot about how people are against stem cell research because some believe it will lead to cloning or “baby farming”. Brave New World is interesting because when Huxley wrote the novel, it was probably based on trends or fears he saw in his own society. Huxley took some social taboos of his time (and some are still relevant today) and made them the social norms of the future.