Short Summary - Brave New World

Title: Short Summary - Brave New World
Category: Literature / English | Words: 1775 | Pages: 7.6 (approximately 235 words/page)

Short Summary - Brave New World

The novel is set in A.F. 632, approximately seven centuries after the twentieth century. A.F. stands for the year of Ford, named for the great industrialist Henry Ford who refined mass production techniques for automobiles. The world is ruled by World Controllers who ensure the stability of society. To ensure social stability, a five-tiered caste system ruled by Alphas and Betas has been created. The labor force comes from the lower three castes, known …showed first 75 words of 1775 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1775 total…when John sees Lenina he starts to beat her with the whip. The crowd soon begins to chant Orgy-porgy, a sensual hymn used to generate a feeling of oneness. John gets caught up with the crowd and is wakes up the next day having taken soma and engaged in the sensual dance of the hymn. He is overwhelmed with guilt and self-hatred. That evening he is found dead in the lighthouse, hanging from an archway.

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