Death is a process that will eventually occur in every living thing. While on earth, many people may seem as if they are invincible; nothing can defeat them. One can attain the finest things in life, have fancy cars, and have everyone know their name, but those items cannot go with them when it is their time to leave. In Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World," he touches the subject of death in a different manner. In the society of the "Brave New World," the citizens are conditioned to think happy thoughts about death, and are reassured that after they die, their bodies will be recycled and turned into chemicals. It is just something that happens because your body is worn out. This is a complete contradiction to how our society really behaves to death. As death is a part of life, their death is just as meaningless as the way life is created. Everyone will experience death, while those still living cope with it in various ways. As millions of babies are born every day, millions of people die as well. Families mourn the death of loved ones while some may go unnoticed. People have contradistinctive ways of dealing with death. "Brave New World's" view on it was one that was alien-like. Generally in our society, the dead are respected, probably more than when they were alive. As families gather by the hospital bed side, doctors allow privacy as an opportunity for the family to spend the last few moments together. Huxley uses conversations between the nurse, children in the hospital room and John the Savage that contradicted the feeling of privacy and respect. Batches of children were sent to the dying ward in order to be conditioned. A child says, "Oh, look, look! Whatever is the matter with her? Why is she so fat?" (Huxley, 1932, p 137) The child was referring to Linda, John's dying mother. The people in the hospital had no shame or sympathy for Linda. She was treated as if she was an attraction at the zoo, rather than a human being. Since