Brave New World

In the novel Brave New World the entire culture along with their values are completely manipulated to be the exact opposite from what we think is normal, in other words the morals we have in our world today would be considered crazy to the people of Brave New World. In Brave New World babies are manufactured and created inside of factories instead of the “normal” way we reproduce in our society. In Brave New World there is no such thing as family or relationships and the public in Brave New World lives by the motto that “everyone belongs to everyone else”.  The people of society are conditioned to believe that having multiple partners is completely encouraged and accepted. In our society we grow up and are conditioned to believe that we must find one other partner in which we spend the rest of our lives with and create a family with. In my opinion the motto that “everyone belongs to everyone else” really means that no one belongs to anyone. If no one has any strong or deep attachment to anyone else then what are they really worth? Also the entire economic social system is manufactured to work correctly or smoothly. For example from the Mustapha Mond the quote that”Wheels must turn steadily, but cannot turn untended. There must be men to tend them, men as sturdy as the wheels upon their axles, sane men, obedient men, stable in contentment." This certain quote shows how the entire work world is produced to run without any complications by creating people for each system. For example, the lower working system is filled with people who were created to do simple jobs so that they are always satisfied with doing even the simplest of tasks. This is made so that everyone is conditioned to be happy with what they do in life.

Preparing to write about the Tempest

In this weeks blog we were asked to discuss what we think would be interesting to write about for The Tempest along with other works that offer different points of view and different ways to interepret the play due to history and events from the past. For me, I think that William Shakespears The Tempest relates most clearly with the points discussed in Cultural Studies: Postcolonialism, African-American Criticism, And Queer Theory. One of the controversial issues between these two writings is whether or not Shakespear wrote the tempest in favor of colonialism or in favor of the natives otherwise known as "the others". In my opinion I think that Shakespear wrote The Tempest in favor of colonialism and the British Empire that are discussed in Cultural Studies: Postcolonialism, African-American Criticism, And Queer Theory. Shakespear portrays these issues through the main characters of his play, Caliban and Prospero, Caliban being the native or "the other" and Prospero being the British Empire. The reason I believe that Shakespear wrote The Tempest in favor of colonialism is because of the way he portrays these two characters and what they represent. Caliban is portrayed as an uneducated savage that doesn't have any self control. While Shakespear portrays Prospero as being the wise and powerful man who controls Caliban. On the other hand, I believe that Aime Cesaire's adaptation of The Tempest was portrayed in a more humurous and comical way compared to Shakespear's original play which is more on the serious side of things. Although Shakespear did intend this play to come off on a more serious note I don't think that Aime Cesaire's version of The Tempest could necessarily be considered wrong or disgraceful. I think that Aime Cesaire's take on The Tempest is more practical and modern which is easier for people to relate to now a days. This is only my opinion on these two issues and I'm sure there are many more ways to interepret them as well.