In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley's reveals a whole new world with a society that has been manipulated through human inventions. Pretty much everyone is made from scientific processes. From the moment they are made, the embryos are manipulated to fit society. They are then taught to feel or desire certain things. They got rid of unnecessary feelings because “feeling lurks in that interval of time between desire and its consummation. Shorten the interval, break down all those old unnecessary barriers.” Also, the word "family" does not exist like it does today. To be a parent is just asking to be an outcast. To me, this is just plain weird! To think that people are no long made by mommies and daddies (you know what I mean) is just crazy!
The people in Huxley’s world are taught no history. This is because the Controllers believe this will keep the citizens focused on consumption. The Controllers are a group of ten people that control different classes of people and they keep to their motto, "the machine turns, turns and must keep on turning - forever."
They don’t want the people to have “a moment to sit down and think.” People are even encouraged to act impulsively. They believe that, “Impulse arrested spills over, and the flood is feeling, the flood is passion, the flood is even madness: it depends on the force of the current, the height and strength of the barrier. The unchecked stream flows smoothly down its appointed channels into a calm well-being.“
This book somewhat reminds me of 1984. For example, like how the government dehumanized all mankind and made people have no sense of feelings, and families rarely even existed. Both books display how Humanity is now under the control of the government and manipulated for their own means.
Maddy, you did a pretty good job. Overall you played on the quote presented with the prompt. But I think you needed to use a lot more from the book and expand on some of your ideas a little more. You had some really good starting points for a more in-depth discussion; consider doing this. Also I liked how you used your own opinion throughout the posting and thought it was easy to understand. Not a bad starting point Maddy.
ReplyDeleteHi Maddy! I really liked reading your blog. Your analysis of chapter 3 was pretty thorough, and easy to follow. I especially liked the way that you inserted your textual evidence; it had a nice flow to it. You typed how you would say it, so it was more interesting to read (plus, I like hearing what you have to say anyway :) ). I completely agree about how weird it is that in Brave New World's society, family is virtually nonexistant. Do you think that there is a hidden meaning behind that? I would have liked to see you elaborate more on that, because like Addison said, you made valid points that could discussed a little more in-depthly. I also agree that the manipulation of society along with governmental control is similar to that of 1984's. I like how everything seems to connect in this class, sort of building on a bigger concept each time. Really great post girlfriend! :)
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