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“Absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely.” -Anonymous
While the power itself did not self-destruct, it is corrupting the people of the World State and making their lives a controlled, demonic nightmare. John went to get away from the world in a lighthouse only to find himself getting drunk and committing suicide. “Just under the crown of the arch [ of the lighthouse staircase] dangled a pair of feet.” (259) When this novel was originally written in 1932, Huxley must have felt threatened that a toleration state would be able to brainwash and manipulate an entire population. While there were a few people that seemed to “rebel” in Brave New World, no one was able to amount to much of a threat to the nation. Aldous Huxley may have underestimated a human’s ability to revolt into successful revolutions. History has shown us that since 1932, all totalitarian states have failed or are in the process of failing (North Korea mainly).
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