A perfect world seems great to me. Everyone is content with their lives, no war, and no worries. However, we know that a controlled world can not always give everything that a human needs to be happy in life. John talks about how he wants the pain and suffering that real life can bring, because he knows that other “perk” come with this. Life is completely planned for all humans in this world. They can not rise above their rank or position in life. As children they are taught what they should like and what they should hate. Most parents would say that all children should enjoy reading, but this strange world actually encourages children to refuse reading. Personally I would not like to live in this time that Huxley has created. While war and pain do not exist, no real freedom exists either.
Many would argue that no war would be better than free choice in life. However, it would be interesting to see if their opinions would change if they actually had to live in that world. War doesn’t bother me enough to give up my freedom to choose my life and how I will live it. Huxley’s world predetermines all aspects of life for the humans and they never have the chance to improve their situation. On the other hand you could look at it the other way. Nobody can go down in rank. They don’t get demoted, but they can be exiled. I challenge anyone to live a life in that world and see if they could do it.
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