I think this book has immense value for today's readers. Aldous Huxley, the author of Brave New World, attempts to illustrate the consequences of individuality, dependence on technology and its real purpose, and the future warnings of what our society is becoming. Being an individual in a society like Brave New World is considered strange, unacceptable and breeds instability. Jean the Savage questions the modalities of this dystopia and challenges it. John believes that instability, being yourself with a unique set of beliefs is a better way to live. Mustapha Mond, however, agrees to disagree. He says: “You can't have shrapnel without steel and you can't have tragedies without social instability. The world is stable now. People are happy; they get what they want, and they never want what they can't get. They are well off; they are wise; they are never sick; they are not afraid of death; they are perfectly ignorant of passion and old age; they have neither mother nor father; or children, or lovers they are so conditioned for;...