Family Relationships In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

Have you ever tried to imagine what a dystopian society would look like? What would they value and not value? Would it be as horrible as people say it would? Or would you believe it is perfect? In Brave New World family relationships and monogamous relationships are not valued because they cause instability but in Gattaca, family relationships and monogamous relationships are valued because they give the best possible outcome and development for future generations.

When Vincent from the movie says “ They use to say a child conceived in love has a greater chance of happiness.” (Gattaca). We can clearly see that this society still values the physical relationship with one another. This quote shows how they still have kids with one another and still value love and emotions. But when the director from

The example from the movie is when the narrator is saying “ In the living room of their modest home, the dark-haired, 17 year-old, bespectacled VINCENT sits opposite his PARENTS, which shows how Vincent the main character in the movie has parents. He has a relationship with his family. So the other example which comes from the book Brave New World is when Helmholtz is laughing and saying “‘ You can’t expect me to keep a straight face about fathers and mothers”’ (Huxley 123). This quote shows how they have never been educated about parents and how they think it is not right to say those words, believing that the word father is funny and the word mother is a forbidden thing.

So in conclusion this shows how in Brave New World family relationships and monogamous relationships are not valued because they cause instability but in Gattaca, family relationships and monogamous relationships are valued because they give the best possible outcome and development for future