Monster Essays - Brave New World
Brave New World
BRAVE New World was published in 1932. It is a remarkable piece of science fiction for both its time and our own. It seems to have kept nearly all of it�s meaning for the past 67 years, mostly because of its story of a tightly controlled, homogenous society. Issues of social control are as relevant today as in 1932, perhaps more so.
Reproductive technology plays a key role in the social control of Brave New World. Reproduction takes place in a "Hatchery". Stolen ova are inspected for abnormalities, fertilised, put into incubators and then undergo the "Bokanovsky Process". Each embryo is bombarded for 8 minutes wit....
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