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1984 Marriage Trends

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Brave New World is the antithesis of 1984 in terms of dystopia. Whereas 1984 has marriage, the state only condones it for the purpose of making children. So, marriage is a means to a political end. Husbands don't necessarily love their wives, and children don't necessarily love their parents. Remember, Parsons gets turned in to the thought police by his own children. In other words, marriage is not meant for ownlife, but to create children, who then, in turn, are used as fodder for the state (as spies or soldiers).
In Brave New World, the technology has been created to do away with the facade of marriage and relationships altogether. Married and dating, especially among the

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