The society and or the genre of the novel is Dystopian. The Dystopian theme is noticed with the utopia aspect of the novel where the society heads or the "Controllers" conform the different castes with Hypnopedia to a point where the the ideas that the society heads want to them to take in is automatic. Whats interesting that I noticed about the novel thought is that contrary to the many scientific and specific precautions that are taken to mold each and every person of a caste there are still people like Bernard and Helmholtz who feel out of place different from the other members of the society. This Dystopian theme is much like the film The Chronicles of Riddick where Vin Diesel playing Riddick is this and individual apart from the other members of the society due his elite senses. Apart from the novel however the people of the movie are not happy all the time and are able to express their ideals. Also unlike the novel in the Chronicles of Riddick there are many different characters or individuals with individual personalities.
Another interesting Movie that has similar characteristics to the novel "Brave New World" would be I Am Legend. like the novel in I Am Legend Will Smith is seen as an eccentric individual who has the power to change what goes on in his society. Also like the novel and typical of Dystopian genre the problem in the society is mostly caused by advancements in technology and the human beings imaginations gone wrong. Whats different though is that The movie portrays a post-apocalyptic world due to the spread and infestation of a disease that turns people into genetically fit zombies. In the novel the people of the society have rid of human afflictions such as pain and diseases so something of the nature as in I Am Legend would not occur.
The last and Final film that I want to look at that draws a lot of similarities to "Brave New World" would have to be Demolition Man. A key difference that I found between the two societies is the feeling towards sex. In the movie, the people of the society regarded sex as backwards to a point where they eliminated the physical act between two partners and replaced it with a sensuous mind device. In the novel though the society is open about sex, in fact there belief is that "Everyone belongs to everyone" therefore the people tend to have sex with multiple partners at a time. They even begin to have sex at ages as low as 7. Another similarity between the two is the way in which the governing bodies monitor the every activity of the people and make it a mission to correct all negative actions or feelings. A particular scene in the movie demolition Man the cameras that watched the people everyday caught the under people use a machine to write graffiti on the walls and almost immediately the graffiti was erased. An example from novel would be the correction of the little boy who didn't want to partake in the sexual play. These two examples show a contradiction in the seemingly perfect nature of the societies and really give the reader clues to how the societies really are.
I feel as though if all of these films do conform to the dystopian genre in a pretty obvious manner. You compared them to BNW, as far as the characters feelings of both works. You got your main idea across and it was a rather interesting read.
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