Brave New World blog 4

Why is this society so bad?

I think the world is a scary place when all natural morals have been eradicated. A world without God and without Truth. A primary example of this in the novel is the utilizing of sex. Naturally sex was made to reproduce and to create more humans. Here, sex is being used in giant orgies - to feel good and feel happy all the time. Drugs are used to do the same. So what, people are happy all the time and are having sex all the time- so why is this so bad? This makes me ask myself, why is it so bad to go against my morals or more so, not have any? What does it do to me? Even if there is a God, why worry when all my needs are satisfied and taken care of? I know that personally I dont feel purpose. i dont truly have a purpose. i am not fully satisfied. i am not content with my surroundings if i am always trying to fill something up. in this society - they use pneumatic chairs, the feelies, somas - they are constantly using these distractions. 

Where is the individual mind??? The world has come so far up to this point due to the individual mind - whether it be through science, culture, religion, gender, race, literature, art. With this new world, people do not grow - they do not learn - they do not see the world outside of themselves. Everything remains static. Though it may be a "happy" world, it always remains the same. and people do not live to their full potential. humans are capable of so much! the human mind is capable of so much! 

John claims that he DOES stand for tears, laughter, disease, sin, goodness - he wants it all. Because he knows what is natural to the human. Because he believes that there is so much more that comes from complete peace and contentment that goes beyond instant gratification. Working, achieving, experiencing the hard and awful times so that one can see the greater times is so much more personally rewarding than having everything easy. it gives purpose. 

It is also bad, though it is hard to fully explain, of a government actually controlling the world. controlling how people are made. Like I said, the human is so complex, and to have some other person forming and conditioning every human life to fit their needs and their ideas of the world is plainly just messed up. Without the free human mind, the world remains static. What is the point of a world that has so GROWTH. no learning. Why not just end the world pretty soon? for it will always be just the same like this - and people will just be filling their necessary bodily desires. its messed up. 

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I think this is probably the best chapter of the entire book. I think it really sums up the arguments that Huxley is trying to point out. Which would you rather have?

I will try my best to sum up Mond's argument. Monds argument is completely focused on the present. Truth, such as God and goodness and unhappiness and emotion may be out there, but why mess with it and touch it when you don't have to. when in this new world, there are so many things that keep us prosperous and youthful, disease free and genetically balanced, that we have no need to even worry about anything having to do with Truth - the natural way of the human being. We can achieve all that we need to achieve - people do what they ought to do - people are designed to LIKE what they ought to do - when people are sad, they are able to eliminate it. Because they have everything they physically and emotionally need and to be satisfied with - Truth is unnecessary. Stability and happiness are ultimately already there. 

The savage's argument stresses the importance of emotions, tears, Truth, God, poetry, individualism. The reward from working. He is saying that everything is too easy - when things are too easy, people do not live to their full potential. there is so much that comes to life from working, from learning, from growing, PERSONALLY growing. Mond eliminated the idea of God - though it may be true - people have no need for God or the knowledge of the past or anything of the sort. the savage is argueing for what is natural. for what is REAL. and he states that feeling that there is a God is real. searching for "answers" - searching for something else and feeling weak and worthless in this enormous world is natural. even though false happiness and instant gratification is right at his hands, the savage believes that the happiness, the connection to the world, the power and growth of the individual mind, the reward from truly working, is worth fighting for. so he claims ugliness, disease, war, sadness, the fear of tomorrow, all of those - for the intangible reward that it gives. yes, things can be taken care of - what is natural can be altered and fixed. however, it truly is not the same as experiencing what is truly natural. 

Something to add on about Blog number 1 for Brave New World

I think it is incredibly relevant in today's society about the absence of God. In Brave New World's society, the controller has completely eliminated the idea of God in this world. I think this is also slowly happening into today's world. All over the world, America specifically, people want less and less to do with a higher power or any sort of God. They may have a God in their minds - but only one that suits their primary urges and desires and personal beliefs. The government, the media, socially, culturely, people want to eliminate the talk or presence of ONE God, so the government, and everyone under that government, can do what they please and remain happy. With one God, there is guilt. There is self control and restrictions. People don't want to deal with that. It stops them from feeling happy and feeling good all the time. this takes place in both Brave New WOrld and in today's society. 

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Comment on the purpose of sex, games, and sayings like ending is better than mending in the book. How are all these things used as a method of control?

The government uses of these things in order to maintain control of the people of society. Unlike 1984, the government uses all these things to primarily keep people happy. First off, this society does not have morals or values or anything like that - the only expectation is that people live out their role in society. Things such as sex and games and taking soma is all a means of keeping people happy. While people are happy - they are satisfied. When people are satisfied, they do not ask questions, rebel, or get too caught up in thinking about the government and destabilizing this control. If everyone is constantly keeping themselves feeling good and happy, and ignorant to everything else in the world, then they will not want to leave this way of living. It is all about instant gratification. These sayings that Huxley includes in this society constantly remind people to serve their instant gratification. Instead of working towards something and fixing it, get a new one. If you are unhappy with this old sweater of yours, buy a new one. Instead of feeling lonely and feeling negative emotions when you sleep alone at night, just have sex every night - then you will never feel alone! These sayings constantly remind the people - to the point where these sayings are their morals for they have bbeen repeated in their head over and over again - but these sayings remind people to take soma - a gramme is better than a damn. to contribute in society  - not be alone, buy new things. always keep yourself happy. if you are happy and instantly gratified, the government remains in control. 

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Which aspects of Brave New World's society seemed most relevant in 2009? What most far fetched? Why? 

This is quite a hard question. This first idea is very general but I think society's focus and acceptance of civilization in this society is very similar to that of 2009. Unindustrialized towns and countries are often looked down upon by the majority of the world in today's society. Societies that are industrialized and "civilized" are seen as first world countries - people want to live in these industrialized places. I guess that is kind of a bad example, but even though there are morals, choice, growth, opportunity, individualism, and personal freedom in areas outside civilization, people remain inside their false reality and "civilized" society, where they do not have any of those personal things. 

I think the idea of creating human beings out of test tubes and bottles is not that far fetched and could be quite relevant. Scientists are able to take sperm and inject it into women. Stem celled research is possible. Scientists have just not taken the full step of actually creating a baby from this kind of science. And it is quite possible for scientists, as they do this, to genetically modify these growing babies into what they please. Not that crazy.

I think what is the most far fetched is the idea of the government taking over EVERYONE and having the power to make women infertile, genetically modify them, control everything they do and the way that they live their life, completely destroy evidence of the past, and create a completely new innovative world. Though it could meagerly be possible, i think that with so many different individuals in this country, it would be insanely hard to get to that point where women would not have babies, where people would destroy their morals, and live a lifestyle controlled by other human beings. the government may attempt to do this. however, i think that the individual mind by the millions is too strong to be succumbed by world power.