1984 Vs. Brave New World: Orwell Vs. Huxley

I thought I should start my blogging with a post related to our A.P. English: Literature class's first major essay, whose prompt is on theme.  I decided to write on rebellion and chose George Orwell's book 1984 as the work I will use in my essay.  While I was figuring out which story to write about, I started thinking about the differences between 1984 and the just as great novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.  Now I have the burning question of which of the two masterworks is superior.  

Before I start, if anyone has not read Brave New World, here is a link to its sparknotes page:
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/bravenew

I would recommend actually reading the novel.  The above webpage just gives a short summary of the plot.

Both George Orwell and Aldous Huxley set their masterpieces in worlds where the ruling body has absolute power.  In 1984, people are spied on through devices called "telescreens" that let the Party see and hear what is happening in someone's home.  Also, a group called the Thought Police hunts down people that even think about freedom and other seditious concepts.  People in this world are forced to obey Big Brother and the Party or else risk being taken to the cleverly-named Ministry of Love and suffer the consequences.  Hence the picture at the top of the page.  On the other hand, in Brave New World, the government takes a more diabolical approach to controlling its people.  Instead of babies being born in the ordinary fashion, people are born in test tubes and no citizen is allowed to pro-create.  After the babies are brought into the world, they endure a series of conditioning exercises tailored to the caste that they are predestined to occupy.  These social classes are Echo, Delta, Gamma, Beta, and Alpha.  As one would imagine, the Alphas are superior and the Echos are the dumbest peons.  That was not enough for this government.  They also introduced a happiness-inducing drug called soma that causes a person to be drunk but not be hung over afterwards.  All these factors and more form a society in which every person but one is satisfied with the present "utopia."  I leave it to you to decide which novel better illustrates control.

The next question to ask is obviously which book better shows rejection of the status quo.  In stories where there is total control and no freedom, this should signal to a reader that at least one character will attempt to stand up to those in power and face the consequences whether positive or negative.  In 1984, it is the main character Winston Smith's lover Julia.  She performs inception by showing him what life is like outside the gaze of a telescreen.  Their antics show Winston the meaning of freedom.  The notion of rebellion is seen differently in Brave New World.  The main characters Bernard Marx and Lenina Crowne while on vacation at a Native American reservation (actually called a Savage Reservation) see a culture totally different from their own.  When Bernard in an attempt to make himself look better in front of his peers brings one of the so-called savages back home, the real fun begins.  The Native American, who has no idea how to assimilate himself into this foreign world he has been brought to, is displayed by Bernard as if he was a circus animal.  It is an indirect way of showing sentiments countercultural to the dystopian society.  Just as before, which story won?

The final area of debate is appropriately overall effect on the reader.  This is a more difficult question to answer since it requires one to have read both books and I am not sure which of my classmates have read Brave New World.  One should always examine overall effect when trying to decide if one novel is better than another.  After having read both masterworks, I know I cannot decide since the two almost impeccably achieve their purpose of instilling fear of what lies ahead.  For those that have read the two great books, I leave it to you to answer this question.  It is, after all, a matter of opinion.