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.
Wow, Mary this was a pretty good blog posting. Overall you hit all the main points of manipulation of the world of "Brave New World." You showed a fairly careful analysis of the novel and made some good points as well. Specifically, I thought your comment about the state of relationships in the novel was really well done; the idea that if "'everyone belongs to everyone else' really means that no one belongs to anyone. That is a really potent realization and really makes one think. Also it was nice to see a comparison to today's world as well as still allowing the post to flow nicely still. Really good job.
ReplyDeleteHola Mar Bear! :) I really liked how you analyzed chapter 3 of the novel. You had a good amount of textual evidence to support your analysis, which made your argument pretty solid, in my opinion. When you asked, "If no one has any strong or deep attachment to anyone else then what are they really worth?," it really got me thinking. I actually stopped reading to think about the answer to your question, and decided that I, like most people, desire a close attatchment with people, because they are the ones who are able to show us our worth when we have forgotten or cannot see it. Cheesy, but true. I think that in Brave New World, you are right, with regard to the fact that "no one belongs to anyone," because of the absense of relationships and all that jazz. Your blog was awesome, so thanks for making me think outside of what I had previously thought of that chapter to be! Love you :)
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