Rebels in Brave New World are not heroes Each is a product of their conditioning and
... ” (p 196) John Savage quotes Shakespeare in criticism of his world. Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley has created a World State where unpleasantness or slings and arrows, has been abolished. ... Each citizen holds the same moral values and when our protagonists oppose this they are isolated. ... The values of humanity, which are considered highly orthodox in our time, have been abolished in the future World State. ... ” (p 110) Marx is painfully aware of the clash in principles and values between himself and the rest of his world. A society which holds such values leaves no room for heroes. A hero is one who has stood out from the pack, achieved something extraordinary and acted with honour but this value of honour has become completely insignificant to the citizens of this ‘Brave New World. ... The purpose of each obtuse decanted individual is to serve the community. ... The functionalist society and totalitarian government ensure that the moral values of each person compliment the common goal of stability. ... All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny.