Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World out of fear of society's apparent lack of morals and corrupt behavior during the roaring twenties. Huxley believed that the future was doomed to a non-individualistic, conformist society, a society lacking the family unit, religion and human emotions. Throughout the novel, Huxley predicts many events for the future, most of which concentrate on a morally corrupt society. The most important of these predictions include: greater sexual freedom, brain-washing/sleep-teaching, …
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…becoming a reality in today's society. It cannot be denied that an event such as greater sexual freedom has already occurred and is becoming even worse. As well, the use of sleep-teaching/ brainwashing and mind-altering drugs continue to be experimented with on a regular basis. All of these factors combined make for a backward, morally corrupt and emotionally tense modern society. It is this modern society that Aldous Huxley warns against in Brave New World.