Brave New World post two

1. Will the jealousy Benedict feels about Heimholtz and John eventually get the best of him?
The jealousy Benedict feels will get the best of him. In the one state, there are few negative emotions, if any. He has never really been exposed to the intense emotion of jealousy. In Brave New World, it says "He was revenging himself on his two friends for liking one another more than they liked him." (183). Since this is a new emotion to him, I feel like it will destroy him.

2. Why does John not want to like Lenina?
I think John actually does like Lenina. When he first meets her, he talks about how beautiful she is and he even sneaks into her room while she is on a soma holiday. "Lay Lenina, fast asleep and so beautiful in the midst of her curls." (143) I think the fact he refuses to have relations with Lenina is because of the past relationships he has seen. For example, he hated his mothers boyfriend back at the reservation, Pope. Also, he saw his mothers devastation when the director objected the idea that he was the father of her child and that they had had past relations. I thinks it's a much deeper deal because he is obviously attracted to her.

3. If soma was no longer given, what would happen to the One State?
The people in the civilization are very dependent on the soma. They take it all the time and go on holidays that gives them the idea that everything is perfect and happy. Even at the reservation, Linda was freaking out and needing the soma. Without this control, the people of the One State wouldn't know what to do. It would end up hurting and maybe even destroying the One State because people will realise how controlling it is and how unhappy they are.

Brave New World post one

The World State creates equality by making sure everyone knows their place from birth. There are five classes;  Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon. Each embryo is exposed to different treatments by their caste. "the World State's motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY." (Huxley 60). Each embryo goes into a caste and since everyone is similar, they think it creates a type of stability. They embryos are fertilized, and when babies, are told what caste they are in and know no different and are trained differently. They are conformed before they are born. There is no conflict because everyone knows their place from the "womb." They are trained to hate books so they can't read them and know no different. I find their relationships very odd. They have the children play naked, and have orgys. They also take a drug called Soma which makes them happy. "Diving into his right-hand trouser pocket, Benito produced a phial. 'One cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy.'" (Huxley 60) It is evident to me that there is no religion and no one knows the history of religion. I think this because the fact that the Directer got really nervous when Mond starting talking about history and no one knew what he was saying. They have forced happiness. No one knows how anyone else lives, so they think the way they are is the only way. The World State is a dystopia. Even though they don't know different or realize it and take soma, they are being controlled constantly.

West against the East

The west views the east as a fascinating realm of the exotic, the mystical, and the seductive, the other, inferior, cruel, and lazy. Homogeneously means the same. The west views the people of the east as similar and consider them a group or one big mass. Their actions are caused by their instincts and their emotions. Their actions are determined by racial considerations. The west consider themselves above the east, the east is inferior. Having a common enemy benefit a group of people because it will make the group of people try harder so they will be better than their enemy. Yes, the wests view of the east still exists. For example, Africa (the east) is viewed as strange but exotic at the same time by us (the west).

1984 blog #3

I think Big Brother won. By won I mean accomplish what he has been trying to accomplish which is have everyone follow what he says and no one does or thinks different. While in the room 101, Winston cracks and is released. He convinced himself that Big Brother is the best. He convinces himself that he believes “FREEDOM IS SLAVERY,” “TWO AND TWO MAKE FIVE,” and “GOD IS POWER.” At first, Winston was a rebel. He had many thoughts that were considered a thoughtcrime. But by the end of the book, he realized he had to follow Big Brother, so he convinced himself to. The only way I think the one state can be brought down is if EVERYONE rebelled, not just a few. I think that if enough people rebelled, there wouldn't be enough thoughtpolice or even rats to stop them. At the end of the novel, I think Winston makes himself follow and not rebel against Big Brother and is accepted, but deep deep down he still has the feeling to rebel but never shows it ever again. He and Julia both fall under the Party's control, she says to him "You don’t give a damn what they suffer. All you care about is yourself." (Orwell 240) Saying this shows that she knows one must not care for another in the way they did. They both admitted to wishing the other was faced with the rats instead of them. At the end of the book, Winston admits that "he loved Big Brother." (Orwell 245) In the end, Big Brother wins.

Aristotle

I agree with his quote. It means that an educated person can still talk about or elaborate on something even if they do not agree. An uneducated person usually cant even elaborate on something they believe. Educated people can listen to others opinions even if they disagree.

This Land

The message of the song is collectivist. You know this because he talks about how the land is made "for you and me." You meaning the listeners following the big message, which is freedom. He is anti-government because he talks about rebelling. He says there is a no trespassing sign, but he still goes. He is very free spirited and no one can stop him from going down the highway of freedom.