The embryos, which exist within tubes and incubators, are provided with differing amounts of chemicals and hormones in order to condition them into predetermined classes. The reader is then introduced to the class system of this world, where citizens are sorted as embryos to be of a certain class. Huxley begins the novel by thoroughly explaining the scientific and compartmentalized nature of this society, beginning at the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, where children are created outside the womb and cloned in order to increase the population. In this society, emotions and individuality are conditioned out of children at a young age, and there are no lasting relationships because “every one belongs to every one else” (a common World State dictum). The novel examines a futuristic society, called the World State, that revolves around science and efficiency. AF stands for “after Ford,” as Henry Ford’s assembly line is revered as god-like this era began when Ford introduced his Model T.

Plot summaryīrave New World is set in 2540 ce, which the novel identifies as the year AF 632. The book presents a nightmarish vision of a future society.

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