Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a dystopian novel published in 1929. The novel contains everything from sex, drugs, alcohol and even a subtle and unfair distinction between social classes. It's easy to see how a novel like this would be questioned on countless occasions. This may lead us to see how he really deserves some literary merit. With this book Aldous has challenged us on all fronts. It's as if he knew what would happen in the future and tried to post some sort of warning to us readers. There is a depiction of a society obsessed with happiness, similar to the way we in our modern Western society are obsessed with freedom. Brave New World seeks to realize its motto of "community, identity, and stability" by portraying a futuristic society with views of morality similar to that of today's perspective of the "natural order" of society in some parts of the world. There are tons of devices and literary qualities used in “Brave New World.” The main three that stand out are irony, dystopia and satire. Irony is a literary device used mainly in the novel; there are many examples of this in the novel. One of the seven controllers of the world, Mustapha Mond reads Shakespeare and even the Bible. “And I have many more,” Mustapha Mond continued, resuming his seat. "A whole collection of old pornographic books. God in the safe and Ford on the shelves." He gestured laughingly to his self-professed library: the shelves of books, the shelf full of reading machine reels and soundtrack reels. (Aldous 157) The irony is that these books are banned in the New World. Another point that seems ironic is that they want a controlled environment where everything is kept well, neat and tidy, but they encourage children... middle of paper... they definitely deserve some literary credit. A story without controversy will never spark the reader's interest. In conclusion, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World definitely deserves literary credit. This book raises conflict in the reader from the beginning. A society devoted to eternal happiness, with the use of drugs, hypotherapy and many other devious plans, is bound to stir up some controversy. There are many reasons why this book has been questioned, but that's what ultimately makes it so good. This book is filled with many literary devices, satire, irony, and dystopia, to name a few. It is full of insights for the reader to think outside the box and truly understand what Aldous was trying to convey with this novel. Brave New World is one of those books that you just have to pick up to read and understand what truly makes it deserving of true literary merit..