Borys Surawicz & Beverly Jacobson, “Doctors in Fiction”, 2009 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Aldous Huxley, “Brave New World”, 1932 was also the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Aldous Huxley, “Brave New World”, 1932, PART TWO (II).
INTRODUCTION.
Aldous Huxley analyzed the causes of overpopulation, as well as all the means by which populations can be controlled. He was particularly interested in the effects of drugs and subliminal suggestion. The issue is the structure of the civilization in Aldous Huxley society. Aldous Huxley was a “psychonaut”. By “psychonaut” he means using “drugs”, “religion”, or anything in “psychonautic” trips. Aldous Huxley was a hippie in the 1930’s. So my list of fictional doctors is listed BELOW. The Director of Aldous Huxley is off the scale (Dr. Thomas Tomakin).
FICTIONAL DOCTORS.
0. Dr. Thomas Tomakin (The Director), Brave New World, Aldous Huxley.
1. Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, Dracula, Bram Stoker.
2. Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus,Mary Shelley.
3. Dr. Henry Jekyll, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson.
4. Dr. Alphonse Moreau, The Island of Dr. Moreau, H. G. Wells.
5. Dr. John H. Watson, A Study in Scarlet and other Sherlock Holmes stories, Arthur Conan Doyle.
