Aldous Huxley's Brave New World presents a portrait of a society which is apparently a perfect world. At first inspection, it seems perfect in many ways: it is care free, problem free and depression free. All aspects of the population are controlled: both as to number, social class, and mental ability. Even history is controlled and re-written to meet the needs of the party. Solidity must be maintained at all costs. In the new world …showed first 75 words of 672 total…

…showed last 75 words of 672 total…controlled by soma "the wonder drug" and at birth the Controller has subliminal messages piped into the babies ears. In 1984 the society seems to know they are being controlled by Big Brother, but most do not really seem to be aware of negative aspects. The characters are similar in both books. In Brave New World Bernard, The Savage, and Helmhoz are very similar to Winston (in 1984)because they all are revolts against the established system.