Unfortunately (or fortunately for those who are not of the reading-minded) for me, my latest literature analysis happened to be Brave New World. So this may come off as a little succint compared to others because I have already read the novel. Anyways, the foreward starts things off with a warning by Huxley. He notes how, compared to other dystopian novels, there's no mention of nuclear fallout. That's because he's not worried what science can do to hurt us. It's what it can do that benefits us that worries him. As demonstrared in the first chapter, science has made the world almost complacent. With disease no longer a problem, the government has to resort to unique measures to get the people to do something. That involves creating artificial castes by tampering with the zygotes, drugging the population on soma, encouraging sex but discouraging reproduction, etc. The world worships efficiency, and to no surprise also worships Henry Ford. This, as Aldous Huxley noted, was the future of America. Some would say it's present-day America.
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