Free will vs. state will: An inductive comparison of Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World

The individual struggles to reach the ultimate good in terms of thought, will. The existence of the human being has been one of the central issues for human life as well as a philosophical good. The individual is located as the anima within the society. For a remarkable comprehension of an ultimate good that the individual desires to reach have, how the individual lives as the part of anima mundi, the soul of the world, should be visible to the bare eyes. Society, as a part of human life, defines shapes the life of the individual and helps comprehend the concepts of free will for the individual that makes it up as it is an organic being upon which it depends. The study focuses on the philosophical meditations upon the roots of the state mechanism along with the apparatuses it employs as well as the place of the individual in comparison with the state by the means of the two dystopian novels; Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Winston Smith, the protagonist of Nineteen Eighty-Four struggles for a better future and free will against the Oceanic Party as well as its quasi-almighty leader, Big Brother who embodies the totalitarian rule of Oceania at his disposal. Brave New World, on the other hand, brings a whole different perspective to the concept of free will. World State which is built in a distant future, consists of pre-conditioned individuals who make up different castes ranging from the lowest to the highest. Along with the World State, Savage Reservation is presented as an antidote. The protagonist of the novel, John the Savage makes two distinct worlds visible in theory and practice and intends to project an alternative to the set of rules that are brought to both of the societies Winston Smith's comprehension of the free will and gateway from the tyrannical of the Party will be compared to Brave New World's pre-conditioned society consisting of various castes. Defining free will, how the two novels focus on the concept, and how the individual comes over the obstacles presented by the two different perspectives as a part of a greater social being will help to realise how the individual reacts to tyranny or totalitarianism and unconscious conditioned castes. Keywords: Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Conditioning, Dystopia, Dystopic Comparisons, Free will, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Utopia