Huxley’s “Brave New World”- Prose Analysis 2 of 2

Example:
Art, science- you seemed to have paid a fairly high price for your happiness,” said the Savage, when they were alone. “Anything else?”
“Well, religion, of course,” replied the Controller. There used to be something called God-before the Nine Years’ War. But I was forgetting; you know all about god I suppose. (Pg. 230)

Theme is the central idea of message of a work and offers insight to life. The theme of Brave New World is freedom and how people want it. The people want poetry, danger, good and bad things. This novel shows that when you must give up religion, high art, true science, family, love and other foundations of modern life in place of a sort of unending happiness, it is not worth the sacrifice. These are all also unique marks between humans and animals that were abolished here. In exchange, they received stability with no wars, social unrest, no poverty or disease or any other infirmities or discomforts. However, they only live with an artificial happiness, which they have been brainwashed to love since infancy.