brave new world
...ssfully, on which he completely turned to the journalistic and literary work. He accepted invitations of prominent scholars and artists as a gladly seen partner. In the twenties, Huxley traveled with his wife all over the world in the restless search for knowledge and truth. Important stations are Italy, France and India. Finally, as a part of this phase the novel written in only four months "Brave New World" appeared in 1932. That made Huxley popular. The novel stood in the beginning of a detailed argument with philosophy and religion. The married couple settled in California in 1937. In last decade of his life Huxley intellectualized his self in the occult for which he stimulated himself by means of drugs. In 1955 Huxley¡¦s wife died. In 1956 he married the film-editing girl Laura Archera. Also, she was a follower of the occultism. „« How does the book gets its title? It has the title ¡§Brave New World¡¨ because the story takes place in the future. I think that Aldous Huxley wants to create a new ¡§better¡¨ world then the one he was living in. He tries to create an ideal world without problems and emotions. „« Setting The story opens in London some 600 years in the future- 632 A. F. (After Ford) in the calendar of the era. Centuries before, civilization as we know it was destroyed in the Nine Years' War. Out of the ruins grew the World State, an all-powerful government headed by ten World Controllers. Faith in Christ has been replaced by Faith in Ford, a mythologized version of Henry Ford, the auto pioneer who dev...