Topic > Compare and contrast Brave New World and 1984 - 1203

The character or quality of technology in society is pretty much determined by ideology and social environment, which means that technology itself is neutral. When comparing the two texts, both texts can be said to have a conservative quality to their ideology, but that ideology is completely different. In 1984, we are in such a state of war that the party treats citizens more like a supply. In contrast, the hegemonic ideology of the Brave New World aims to keep citizens happy and separated from the harshness of the world. To achieve this happy state, it is important to keep the citizen stable. According to Huxley's statement, “Mother, monogamy, romance. …how could they be stable? " (40) suggest that Mustafa Mond, one of the world controllers, decided to ban many of the human historical works to stabilize society using technologies such as conditioning, hypnopaedia and to replace various pleasures in human life with the pleasure that occurs through soma and freedom. sex. On the other hand, in 1984, the holder of power took away freedom and pleasure from the citizen. Unlike the substitution of pleasure in the Brave New World, the removal of pleasure only gives the possibility of increasing instability in society. To minimize instability and manage an effective society, separating the citizen from the instability factor through technology is much more effective than observing and restricting the citizen as in