In this transitionary period, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1932) and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) come to mind whenever the word dystopia is spoken of as the two pioneering cult texts. These classic dystopias seem to depict completely different world orders; however, the rulers’ ultimate motivation in these respective novels remains the same: to circumvent possible dissent and uprising against their repressive regimes and to have total conformity and submission, in order to maintain absolute power and govern in line with their interests accordingly, even though their means are disparate. Through the allowance and constant promotion of promiscuity, soma, and consumerism in a joyful and escapist manner, Huxley’s hedonist dystopia Brave New World creates temporary illusionary pleasures and happiness in a hedonistic sense.
