WHERE DYSTOPIA BECOMES REALITY AND UTOPIA NEVER COMES

Abstract

The article Where Dystopia Becomes Reality and Utopia Never Comes draws a comparison between utopian and dystopian visions of the world described in two works by Aldous Huxley (1894-1963): Brave New World and Island and a fine line where the author's farsightedness crosses over the boundaries of imagination and turns into reality of the twenty-first century. Composed as a satire of the world in the 1930s and as a response to H. G. Wells' " utopias of horror " , Brave New World displays Huxley's ingenuity in being a sharp and articulate critic of the contemporary society; warning of the dangers of abuse of science in hands of unconstrained establishments of power; and perspicuity of ideologies, mass consumerism, and influences of the media. Prophecies of Brave New World have become realities of our time in many instances, whereas ideals of Island are still in the dreamtime.