Dystopias: Why they can be both Pleasant and Disturbing
Human interests play a major role in the agreeability of a society. Dystopias, in some cases, can actually be seen as utopias if one has been conditioned to believe it is, as seen in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. However, if conditioning fails, or, is not exercised, even utopias can very easily become dystopias, such as in George Orwell's 1984. Therefore, what one views as a dystopia, another could easily see as a utopia, and vice versa.
Huxley's Brave New World and Orwell's 1984 are in many ways, very similar. Both novels incorporate class of people who only exist on the outside edge of the society, which the authors use to compare between societies which they believe we fear and what they believe is the better' society. Thus, the proles and savages are important devices which allow one to contrast to today's society. Through reading both novels, one can reach the belief that Orwell feared what we hate will ruin......
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