Aldous Huxley in his novel Brave New World written in 1932 presents a portrait of a society which is superficially a perfect world. In this satiric novel, Huxley makes fun of science and religion, using his idea of the future to attack the present. This pessimistic story of the modern world opens in London some 600 years in the future, specifically in 632 A.F.. Through the use of irony and detail he shows how the advancement of …showed first 75 words of 1774 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1774 total…he who controls and uses knowledge handles power. The advancement of science affects human individuals since man's unqualified praise of science is wrong and their misuse of science is evil. Science and technology are man's servants and man is not supposed to be adapted and enslaved to them. Brave New World describes our lives as they could be in the none too distant future, if the present obsessions persist for standardization according to the sciences.