Brave New World
Sunday, September 21, 2014
The theme of Brave New World is not the advancement of science as such; it is the advancement of science as it affects individuals
Science has basically replaced the "family" unit. Embryos are developed in bottles, children are raised and conditioned by the state. It has ruined the physical meaning of a "family". Science is a good and a bad meaning. In the book it's bad because "science" is used for cloning children and producing/raising them the way people want them to be. Children can be raised that same way without being cloned or trained by the state, that's what parents are for. Science has also provided safe lines for emotional and human desires such as, Soma. Soma placates anger, hostility and wants. Genetic engineering allows the intelligence necessary for each caste and sub-caste to fill its place is society.
Bokanovkys Process
Bokanovky's process is the process of human cloning, that is a key aspect of the world envisioned in Aldous Huxley's novel. The process is applied to fertilized human eggs in vitro, causing them to split into identical genetic copies of the original.
"Bokanovsky's Process is one of the major instruments of social stability "
In chapter 1, this quote undergoes the entire idea behind the modern civilization and lack of individuality. With the Bokanovkys genetic engineering process, the modern population is easier to process. The process by splitting the two embryo is nearly outrageous but the "brave new world" has come to conclusion it's the best and easiest way of life.
The Consumer Society
It is important to understand that Brave New World is not simply a warning about what could happen to society if things go wrong, it is also a satire of the society in which Huxley existed, and which still exists today. While the attitudes and behaviors of World State citizens at first appear bizarre, cruel, or scandalous, many clues point to the conclusion that the World State is simply an extreme but logically developed version of our society’s economic values, in which individual happiness is defined as the ability to satisfy needs, and success as a society is equated with economic growth and prosperity.
Lenina Crowne
She is a vaccination worker at the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre. She is an object of desire for a number of characters, including Bernard Marx and John. Her behavior is sometimes not normal or unorthodox, which makes her attractive. For example, she defies her culture’s conventions by dating one man exclusively for several months, she is attracted to Bernard the misfit and she develops a violent passion for John the Savage. Ultimately, her values are those of a conventional World State citizen. Her primary means of relating to other people is through sex, and she is unable to share Bernard’s disaffection or to understand John’s alternate values.
John
The son of the Director and Linda, John is the only major character to have grown up outside of the World State. The outsider, the savage, he has spent his life alienated from his village on the New Mexico Savage Reservation, and he finds himself unable to fit in to World State society. His entire worldview is based on his knowledge of Shakespeare’s plays, which he can quote very easily and grateful. John also refuses to take the drug soma setting him away from all the people of the World State. He basically lives in a normal society compared to the World State society.
This is a photo of the Character John from the movie
This is a photo of the Character John from the movie
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