Florian Schumacher 
Aldous Huxley’s ’Brave New World’ – Major Themes and what has become reality today [PDF ebook] 

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Didactics for the subject English – Literature, Works, grade: none, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (English Department), course: Literary Utopias and Dystopias, language: English, abstract: This paper is about the major themes of Huxley´s novel ’Brave New World’ and about how much of these themes have (in part) become reality today. The paper takes a closer look on genetic engineering, the misuse of psychological conditioning, promiscuity to achieve happiness and the destruction of the institution ’family’ and examines each theme´s relevance for our society today.