Topic > Historical elements of Huxley's Brave New World

In the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley many themes concern the dark side of this utopia, but this is an allusion to the past. Since many significant historical events are summarized in the book, the director states that "These," he said gravely, "are unpleasant facts, I know. But most historical facts are unpleasant." (p. 24) The director alludes to some evils of communism and Lennon, represented by Leinina. Fascism and Benito Mussolini represented by Benito. These evils are represented, but we also see a very strong connection to Henry Ford and his innovative methods of production. Henry Ford is the basis for their religion, his historical ingenuity and his ideals are the same values ​​that the people of the world live by. His idea of ​​mass producing automobiles by the assembly line method can be clearly illustrated in the first chapter of the book, “Solved by Standard Gammas, Invariable Deltas, Uniform Epsilons. Millions of identical twins. The principle of mass production finally applied to biology” (page 7). Here we are introduced to the impressive ways in which this futuristic world works. Us...