In any novel, there are always elements taken directly from the author's life and experiences. Their thoughts and opinions will also be carried through the novel, delivering a direct message to the reader and perhaps arguing their opinions, to persuade the audience. These influences on and from his environment are evident in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. In the 1930s, when the book was written, many global events were happening and society as a whole was changing. All of this undoubtedly affected Huxley and resulted in one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels. His vision of the future provides a glimpse into an undesirable lifestyle that may not be so different from today. The aspect that makes Huxley's novel so classic is his visionary ability to use these current influences and invent such a fascinating society, and at the time a revolutionary new world. This resulted in a novel that not only affected the people of its time, but also had profound effects on latter-day societies. Huxley's family were upper-class intellectuals. His father was a biographer, editor and poet, and his grandfather was a famous biologist. Living among these people, he not only received a superior education in a wide variety of subjects, but faced constant pressure to live up to their expectations. Living in England, Huxley describes in his novel a very harsh class system, undoubtedly inspired by the same system in his country. There was also an emergence of fascism throughout Europe, coupled with an economic depression, which also made an appearance in the book. Even though fascism was barely surfacing in the 1930s, Huxley saw the imminent damage that could result and so decided to use a totalitarian government in the book to illustrate this. Finally, we see that social mores are evolving, with a more open vision of sexuality, more equality between men and women and a large part of consumerism. These social changes sparked interest in Huxley and were exaggerated for the book. When the book was first published, it did not receive much attention. However, when a similar, more popular novel came out in 1984, people began to see the similarities between the two and realized that Brave New World was a more realistic interpretation. The book touches on topics of government and civilization as a whole, and the realism of its predictions about them is what shocked so many people..