In the novel Brave New World, author Aldous Huxley expressly contemplates the idea of a futuristic society with no regard for morals, ethics, or even a hint of societal values. Like the fmaous Orwell novel 1984, Brave New World deals with a futuristic society that hasdisregarded all of its moralistc past. Brave New World specifically addresses the issues of technology running rampant and how it could potentially affect the course of humanity. It can be argued that Huxley wanted to show how the rampancy of technology and oppression of society negatively changes the course of humanity.
The Youtube video covering a lecture by Sir Ken Robinson can be effectively used as a juxtaposition to the novel with in accordance with Robinson's views of the education system. Robinson thoroughly describes the modern education system and then proceeds to explain what is wrong with it and what he believes could help fix public education. Sir Robinson explains that the modern education system widely used today was intended for the Enlightenment era and that it is not suitable for today's students. He goes into detail about how today in the age of technology, that information is so readily available to everyone and that technology gives students things, such as video games and unlimited televsion, and that today's children don't do well in school simply because they are bored. Now this video closely relates to how the children in Brave New World are grouped together and the manner in which they are mass-educated, each child the same as the next. Brave New World can be used in my analysis to directly link how technology has changed students and negatively affects education.
In Tempest, William Shakespeare uses his setting and characterization to create a riveting story of a tyrannical dictator. The story of the slave Caliban and his "master" Prospero directly relate to Brave New World and the oppressive and all-powerful technologically enforced government controlling humanity. Tempest can be used to argue my position by using the play to show how an oppressive government in Brave New World adversely controls and changes the entire course of humanity with its technological advances.
