Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" looks at the universal and timeless theme of the relationship between man and nature. Written during the post World War I era, the novel addresses issues of the struggle for peace, the development of science, and the totalitarian state. Set in the year A.F. 632 (after Ford), the novel views the economic, political, social and technological developments of the Brave New World and how its inhabitants have adapted. In particular …showed first 75 words of 859 total…

…showed last 75 words of 859 total…have got too self-consciously individual to fit into community life." Helmholtz Watson is also another individual and together they make a group of "people who aren't satisfied with orthodoxy, who've got independent ideas of their own." Through these characters of science, the dehumanization of birth and growth, and the restrictions on individuality can all be surpassed by nature. Huxley's messages is clear: "Science is dangerous; we have to keep it most carefully chained and muzzled."