Published almost eighty years ago, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley remains a classic anti-utopian novel. A futuristic ideal world is portrayed one where human values are eliminated. The characters in Brave New World are all apart of a totalitarian state; they are free from war, hatred, poverty, disease and pain. No character has ever experienced anything bad-- they only enjoy their leisure time, material wealth and physical pleasures. The largest paradox in this novel deals with happiness and sadness, they both are such large extremes. No one will ever know how to feel sad unless they have been happy before. In the World State, there is no such thing as sadness which proves that all the characters never experienced any real happiness.

In our current country many people live off of prescription pills believing they are necessary for everyday health and happiness. In the World State one...