Brave New World and 1984
As I read Brave New World and 1984, I noticed how some of Aldous Huxley and
George Orwell's prophecies are becoming true. As science and technology progresses,
we have the opportunity to alter few aspects of our lives, even though our freedom and
privacy may be in jeopardy.
In Brave New World, science allows babies to be artificially produced in a
laboratory. Nowadays, parents who cannot conceive children are also able to artificially
produce their children with the help of science and the genes of both parents. As science
advances, the parents may even be able to reform the genes of their baby in order to have
that perfect child. In addition, through the Bokanovsky's Process, ninety-six identical
twins can be produced with one bokansovskified egg. Recently, cloning has allowed us to
produce identical mammals. If cloning is possible, it will not be surprising when we
produce ninety-six identical twins with one egg, like in Brave New......
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