Consumption Function The society in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is primarily based upon consumption. Anything and everything that does not involve consumption is immediately deemed unorthodox. People, who do not consume, are detrimental towards the brave new world. Consumption is not only relevant; consumption is life in Brave New World. Events, such as solitude, that are not based on consumption have already been eliminated in Brave New World. Aspects of life, such as …showed first 75 words of 713 total…

…showed last 75 words of 713 total…and without consumption the need for production does not exist. Therefore, production and consumption must always be equalized for an efficiently organized society to succeed. In conclusion, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is about a society whose everyday life is based upon consumption. Non-consumption or preservation is unorthodox and not permitted. In the words of Mustapha Mond, “Unorthodoxy threatens more than the life of a mere individual; it strikes at the Society itself”(Huxley 148).