The action takes place in a distant, but quantifiable future, the annual AF 632, so 632 years after the birth of the automobile magnate Henry Ford. The reader is revealed a perfectly organized affluent society, full of biologically and psychologically conditioned working drones. Prosperity in this world - Marx says hello - in fact for everyone, however, all diseases of mankind seem to be overcome and eradicated. The price of the synthetic happiness in the form of the drug Soma is the task of individuality, religion, fantasy and art. Also to love it looks bleak because promiscuity is part of everyday life in this brave new world.
One of the characters, Bernhard Marx, fits into this structure into it not really. He is due to its intelligence Although the Alpha Plus caste, but its appearance stigmatized him as an outsider. Moreover, his mind may not be satisfied with superficial sex life, as it finds no satisfaction in the drug Soma.
In contrast, Lenina Crowne, pneumatic, so attractive, perfectly conditioned woman. Together they visit an Indian reservation, where they meet John, a "noble savage" who outwardly indeed appear barbaric, but has a high level of education. Because belonging to the banned works of Shakespeare canon knows John inside out; He has internalized the values system.
John falls in love with Lenina - and learns the Brave New World really know. The surface structure of the novel is relatively good transparent, which makes it ideal for secondary reading. What makes the novel more interesting, are the lying hidden for thought, from the small puns to meaningful names to the really big issues around ethics and science.
Aldous Leonard Huxley comes from the famous British Huxley family, Thomas Henry Huxley was his grandfather. Huxley's work follows in the tradition of HG Wells novels', so often dystopian science fiction that questions about ethics, technology, progress and explore human values. That Huxley is here a dramatically convincing, prophetic and in many respects quite recent work succeeded, must be regarded as undisputed fact. And that's what makes the novel so fascinating.
