Brave New World's Society vs. 1984's
In Brave New World we see that the entire population has been brainwashed from a baby into believing whatever BNW's society wants them to think. This is extremely similar to what happens in 1984, where the children are essentially brainwashed into believing the platform of The Party. We have children turning in their parents for "thoughtcrimes", which are impossible to prove, and people blindly accepting whatever Big Brother says, even if he said the exact opposite of it a week earlier. It even goes as far as to create a new language so that there isn't a word for things they don't want. And how can people be discontent with something if there isn't even a word for what they want instead. We can think of 1984's society as a less developed version of BNW's, especially since in BNW the war that created this society is long past, but in 1984 it's only been about 30 years. Looking at this, what other similarities do you think will pop up as the society in 1984 grows older.
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