Brad Petz Blog #5 Dystopia Brave New World

I've chosen to use the novel Brave New World for the primary text of my research paper. This story has long been regarded as one of the main pieces to read if you want to study dystopian society. I read it in high school, and very much enjoyed it, but am looking forward to using my new found knowledge and literary criticism techniques to critique it in a different way. Brave New World is Huxley's representation of a dystopian society, in which he uses his amazing satire abilities to draw stark differences between today's society and where, collectively, we could be headed. Huxley's fascination with science and technology influenced him to write about a futuristic, extreme world in which a totalitarian government controlled society by the use of science and technology. This new world they live in is so overstimulating, most people don't know what it means to be naturally happy; only with the private use of a drug, Soma, do they experience pleasure. I feel with my new tools and abilities I will be able to more accurately and more thoroughly dissect this classic novel.