Is It Really An Utopia?

Throughout the world of books, there are many novels that speak of a Dystopian future, and some that speak of an Utopian future.  In the novel Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, the setting takes place in an Utopian future.

During the first few chapters, the characteristics of this "utopia" are described with intense detail.  For example, they explain how people are breed genetically and mechanically, and each person is breed to do certain jobs.

As the novel continues, the characters make the setting seem like paradise, as if nothing is wrong.  However, one character, Bernard, seems like there's something more that he needs to do, as if they haven't served their real purpose.

The novel and movie The Giver has many similar characteristics to Brave New World.  To explain, the novel also takes place in a Utopian future, and people are given specific jobs.  However, there is no color, and emotions do not exist.  However, the main character begins to see things from the past, and tries to break everyone out of this "utopia" and go back to a place of happiness.

The events from that novel are causing me to begin to think that there was some kind of reason that the "utopia" in Brave New World was created.  Who knows, maybe it really isn't an utopia.  Maybe it's worse.

-Samuel Dawson