When it was first published in 1932, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World seemed like one man's unrealistic idea of ​​what the future would hold. Now, more than eighty years later, some people are beginning to realize that Huxley's views may not have been so far-fetched. In Brave New World, citizens have come to despise love and marriage, rely on drugs for everyday life, and have no religion. Comparing their ideas to those of Americans in the 1930s, they were radical. Compared to today's society, they are strangely possible. When it comes to love and marriage, citizens of the New World (the society in which Huxley's characters live) despise these two words and consider them vulgar. Marriage was a thing of the past and they considered it an embarrassment in history. And love? Why, what is that? In the World State love does not exist. There are no feelings; if people have feelings, they go to the doctor or take pills. People don't have feelings for each other. Instead, they have sex with whoever they choose. Children are taught this from the beginning, as seen in chapter three when the scene of the children playing is described as follows: "silently in twos and threes among the flowering shrubs" (Huxley, 30). Then, when a boy does not want to participate in erotic activities, he is scolded and considered strange (Huxley, 31-32). For this purpose they also organize special “orgy-porgy” gatherings. When Huxley's novel was published, these ideas about sex were outrageous. Sex was hushed up and it was very rare for anyone to have sex before marriage. For example, in a survey of 772 college women, only 23.5% said they had engaged in some type of sexual activity (Vita). Now, in the 2010s, times have changed dramatically. I...... half of the sheet...... 1938. p. 66. Retrieved 9 December 2011.W. Bradford Wilcox, The State of Our Unions: Marriage in America 2011 (University of Virginia National Marriage Project, Charlottesville, Virginia) November 11, 2013 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey Results 2012 Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings, NSDUH Series H-46, HHS Publication No. (SMA) 13-4795. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2013. Religion among Americans hits low point as more people say they have no religious affiliation: report by Katherine Bindley, Huffington Post, http://www .huffingtonpost.com/2013 /03/13/religion-america-decline-low-no-affiliation-report_n_2867626.html http://religions.pewforum.org/reports Summary of Key Findings PewResearch Religion & Public Life ProjectU.S. Department of Health and Services