Sunday, November 20, 2011
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.
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