BRave New World Blog 3

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.