If people still feel pain or dissatisfaction, they are encouraged to take up drugs to soothe their anxieties. In the story, the state does the same when it tries to create a society that revels in physical pleasure and happiness. It states that a society should aim to maximize pleasure for the maximum number of people and minimize their pain. The story highlights the principle of pleasure and pain under the utilitarianist theory. Here, science does not represent an exploration of the unknown but only creation of an elusive world to hypnotize its citizens and control every aspect of their lives. From biological control to psychological entanglement, the state (in the story) uses cutting edge technology to control its own people and kill any form of individuality or rebellion. The story paints a stark picture of the use of science and technology to control and condition people into a life of monotony and uniformity. The independence to form one’s own rules and thoughts is quelled and every person is expected to desire the same things irrespective of their individual values and opinions. However, in reality, it is an illusion of freedom and every human being is treated as a machine and ordered to follow the same programme of lust and drugs. The new world presents ability to have physical intimacy with anyone and have as much as drugs as possible, as a freedom to have fun. The story highlights the social cages designed to limit individual freedom and expression of curiosity. However, few individual characters like John find problem in accepting the same and try to challenge the status quo. It quells the search for personal meaning and truth. The overall structure of the new world promotes physical desire as happiness. In both novels the main character struggles with his society and. 1984 is a novel about Winston, who finds forbidden love within a society that is not aloud to love. the savage,’ who rejects the society of the Brave New World when and discovers that he could never be truly happy there. want freedom, self expression, poetry and individuality to feel truly happy. A Brave New World is a novel about the struggle of John. The new world offers physical satisfaction and psychological ease through sex and drugs but people like Bernard, John etc. However, different characters find happiness in different things. The theme of happiness is central to the story.
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