Brave New World was much more interesting and entertaining than 1984 and The Tempest. I'm not completely sure what to write about, mostly because I don't have a clear idea about the prompt. Anyways, I think Brave New World illustrates the argument between totalitarianism and individual expression.
People in Huxley's book are prompted and conditioned to seek immediate satisfaction for their every little want. They are created artificially on assembly lines. Promiscuity is highly encouraged and the basic family structure is shunned from society. The World Controllers like Mustapha Mond prioritize economic stability and citizen productivity over individual humanity. To accomplish complete stability and productivity, people are kept happy by living by what are the complete opposite of today's morals. If they are still not content, the World State distributes soma to help them cope with life.
Two outside works that could work with Brave New World are 1984 and the video by Sir Ken Robinson.
1984 parallels Brave New World because of how the Party controls its populace. It does the opposite things with the same goal in mind. Big Brother keeps the people run down and tired as compared to the happy and satisfied citizens of Brave New World. They are controlled psychologically by Big Brother and the Inner Party's constant streaming of propaganda and hate. Sexuality is suppressed since it is a product of free expression. In Brave New World, the people are raised so they will live to seek happiness in its most primal form.
Robinson's "Changing Education Paradigms" shows the flaws of modern education and how it is made to streamline learning. He makes the point that "people are becoming educated", and are thinking too much in a linear form. He stresses that we need to restructure learning to encompass teaching about how children think, with divergent thinking, rather than instructing them about what to think.
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