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The Common Good

Unless you’ve been living in a cave without a tv you’ve probably heard the news that Barack Obama has been elected the new president of the U.S.A. He has made history by being the first African American President of America, and I think he will usher in a new era of equality. He can be the connection between races in America and bridge the gap. Obama will now control the common good for the America citizens. The common good will not benefit everyone but will benefit the majority. It is now Obama’s decision on whether the common good will benefit enough or not. For every decision he makes some people will feel negative effects and others will feel positive ones.

In the novel Brave New World Mustapha Mond is the Controller and decides what direction the World State will strive towards. He thinks he has reached a perfect society there is no common good there is just good. By using methods such as sleep teaching, and slogans like “Everyone belongs to Everyone”, he no longer sees need for change. Now people like Bernard who disagree with some of Mond’s ideals just get ignored and have no voice in society, and no hope for change. As Bernard and his friends try to change society by showing proving the citizens dependancy on soma, they end up failing and achieving nothing.

I know in my family the common good is often the deciding factor in many small and big decisions. Last week we were in Edmonton for a day and when its around noon we have to vote where to eat, based on where we are in the city. It’s always close cause my sister and brother usually stick to the same restaurants they always go to. Usually when it’s finally decided one or two people don’t get their way. Although I’m usually in the common good, sometimes I’m not, but I’ve learned to take the bad with the good.

Tags: barack obama, Brave New World, Common Good
Posted in English 20, In The News

BNW

In a Brave New World by Aldous Huxley I have witnessed numerous main characters throughout the plot. There are many key similarities between these main characters that are exemplified. In BNW they are molded from birth to be model citizens and to accept their roles in society. As if they were mindless robots doing whatever they are told and never questioning why they do it. The researchers shocked the children after they all started playing with the bright books and enjoying the flowers. This would give the babies an instinctive fear of books and flowers for the rest of their lives. This way if the babies grew up hating books they would never learn about democratic societies which might upset them. In a democratic society I have the choice to say what I want, think what I want, chose my own values, dress how I want, and make my own decisions. Living in a democratic society I am able chose freely where as in the caste system they don’t.

John (Savage) has been at the center of all the attention. When faced with a decision John always did what he believed was right instead of advancing a cause like Mustapha Mond who would do anything for the World States. This is proven by the World States motto, “Community, Identity, Stability.” John depicts that he always does what he believes is right by at the end of the book when he hangs himself in the light house, after he realizes that no matter where he goes he would never be able to escape the from the civilized world. This would be my worst nightmare knowing that I could never escape form civilization or reality and just get away. That the only way to escape from the World States so called ‘perfect society’ was to kill myself. I don’t think that I would ever have the courage to take my own life as John did for something that I truly believed in. John has made the ‘ultimate sacrifice,’ by taking his own life for something that he believed was morally incorrect.

I compared some of the main characters to Sigmund Frued’s Theory of Personality. There are three types of personality: the id, your ego, and your super-ego. Sigmund Freuds definition of super ego reminds me of John Savage. The super ego is referred to as our conscience. If your super ego were to talk it might say, “I feel guilty about having sex before I am married.” John demonstrates his super ego when Lenina tries forcing herself on to him and pushes her away. He tries to tell her that in his culture that people only engage in sexual activity after they are married. Lenina is a person who exhibits the id. The id is the little voice in your head which tells you to, “Just do it.” The id is responsible for basic drives such as sex, food, and aggressive impulses. Lenina shows this when she tries to satisfy her basic sex drive with John. Mustapha Mond displays strong characteristics of his ego. Your ego is a balance between your super ego and the id. Mustapha Mond demonstrates these characteristics when he gives up his sciences to become one of the eight World Controller. Your ego deals with the demands of reality which aren’t always perfect.

John exhibits that he has strong feelings for Lenina, but is not sure how to show his emotions. Instead he just keeps on bottling all of his emotions up in a bottle. Lenina reminds me of Julius Caesar’s wife, Calpurnia. They both show qualities of role model epicureans and they both don’t have strong morals. They are both young vibrant, beautiful women. I only wished that Lenina was like all the other civilized people and that she had half of a brain. That she would have listened to John and found her true identity. Lenina is very high on herself and that getting around with numerous men is making her more and more popular than ever. If a girl were to do that now a days, people would be calling her a, “whore.” I would never want to go out with a girl that has, ‘gotten around the block as much as she has.’ Yet in there civilized world it was looked down upon to have any long relationship. As the BNW programmed into their heads that, “everyone belongs to everyone.”

In a Brave New World the society is living with a false sense of happiness. They believe that by taking soma they can rid all of there worries or pain. I cannot imagine living without emotions. Just walking around like brainwashed zombies. I hope that I never have to start popping pills to help relieve me of my worries or pain. Everyone is bound to make mistakes. Its how we react to this mistakes who define us as people. you just have to learn from them and just move on. John was the only one who lived above the soma and tried to learn from his mistakes. He wanted to live a full happy life. But ran into problems when he knew that he couldn’t escape from the civilized world. In the John killed himself when he couldn’t run no more.

Tags: Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Sigmund Frued's Theory of Personality
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Outlooks of Personality

A revolting and humanistic character in a conditioned society based of behaviorism, John the savage. Everyday I believe I am a hero for myself because of what I accomplish and how I strive for my standards. The society in Brave New World needs someone like John. They need to learn from what he’s trying to bring to the table and live a true life and not be stuck taking soma everyday. I feel I have to become more of a super-ego instead of being a ego at times. Trying to change and making a difference, but I can’t change the way my friends act or the minds of criminals. I can only focus on changing myself and focusing on my morals, not anyone elses. John with his super-ego conscience is only thinking of turning the society in Brave New World around, but there is no way he can match the conditioning of every person in the society. John is trying to change everyone in society because he is more intelligent then the common id.

The society seems to be in a stable before John arrived. Once John arrived he tried to convince the lower state class into revolting against society to make it unstable. Now one of the World States mottos was Stability. These people are conditioned to follow the states motto and only do what’s best for them. No wonder he was unsuccessful trying this. John was repulsive living in a conditioned society and the only person in the text with identity and family. John resulted in reading Shakespeare when he was repulsive. It seemed Shakespeare was the perfect drug, soma, for John. Shakespeare’s writings state that death is virtuous and it brings eternal life, which influenced John. John was the exact image of Marc Antony in Julius Caesar. Both Stoic figures in their society. They were leaders in society not cake-eating epicureans. They wanted to make a difference in their society and stuck to it. They were the shepherds of the flock never the followers. John seemed to follow his morality and sense of guidance. He followed what his mother taught him, what he personally believed and stuck to his morals. He thought below a women’s waist was the devils pit, and believing this he rejected having sex with Lenina.

John also had an epicurean side to him. He was able to make Lenina show feelings and love even though they were taught not to love a man. Lenina is the definition of epicurean. Young, beautiful and always willing to go out and have a great time. Lenina is more interested in the pleasures in life rather the more important values. Lenina has a longing want to have a long lasting relationship with one guy, a desire that is considered ugly and dirty in a society that believes promiscuity is healthy. In Brave New World Lenina is very high of herself, and thinks getting around with numerous men isn’t a sin. Typical epicurean or Id that want to fill themselves with childish acts and tones of pleasure. I never understood why women like Lenina let themselves be so easy to pick up. Its disgusting and unattractive. The amount of diseases and infections you have a chance in getting is sick. Why in hell would you want to have the killer AIDS or any other HIV there is out there. Lenina has some serious issues she needs to fix.

While reading Sigmund Freud’s theory of psychic apparatus I found John and Lenina could be compared to this apparatus. Lenin’s easy because she is the child or the Id explained in this theory. Whatever makes her have such peculiar drives? Whatever it is she does whatever she can think of to fulfill these drives. Lenina was the biggest epicurean in this book and showed the most significant characteristics of the common Id. If its was from being horny and wanting pleasure all the time or just the desire for soma. Lenina never thought about her happiness she was only doing it to support these addictive drives. She acts exactly like child neglecting her problems. On the other hand I think John is a good example of a super-ego. He had a strong conscience, spiritual goals, and had passion in what he did. Coming from a savage reservation you’d think he wouldn’t have strong values and true identity, but he did. He never gave up and always did what he believed what was morally right. John wasn’t just concerned about his life he worried about every class that had been taking soma. Every since his mother died he knew soma had to go or others would have ended up like his mother. Towards the end John had an immense amount of stress building up inside. This stress made him an Id possibly causing his death. He just couldn’t handle it anymore, giving up.

Julius Caesar and Sigmund Freud’s theory of psychic apparatus were great sources to relate the characters and how they reacted and changed throughout the book. The character’s personalities were easy to relate to one another with stoic and epicurean thoughts and the different stages of Sigmund Freud’s theory of Id, Ego, and Super-Ego. While looking up Id’s, Ego’s, and Super-Egos i began to realize many of these characters everyone fit into a category but many of the 5 classes of people were Id’s. They acted so childish and the related to soma for relief. What kind of life would that be being and acting the same as everyone else. These people have no self responsibility and can’t think for themselves, their pretty much useless robots. They only work, get high of soma, and have sex to meet their needs. Yes we all have inner Id’s but living the same life styles, thinking and, having the same values would be horrible. People in Brave New World were just living with a false sense of happiness.

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Tags: Brave New World, savage, shakespeare, Sigmund Freud
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John the Idealist

After the passing of Linda, John sees the true evil of soma, and how it has consumed countless lives, with zero accountability. At the hospital John shows everyone how dependent they are on this poison and how idiotic they act to protect it, but John also realizes who his true friends are. When Bernard and Helmholtz arrive at the scene and see John fighting of Deltas and emptying this little black box, only Helmholz rushes to his protection while Bernard quivers and goes against them. When all the Deltas looking into this empty black box it symbolizes how much they truly rely on soma and it would be the end for them without it. With Helmholtz aiding John it shows that people can defy the conditioning and act against the World State, and their will always be hop to overcome it.

As John and Mond debate what John truly questions is the fact that no one questions any purpose beyond the gratification of their own appetites. Do they actually only live to eat, have sex, work, then die? I think the have to learn to experience the true lessons in life and can’t always rely on soma to erase their problems. If someone never has anything bad happen to them they feel they are perfectly in control of their own lives and don’t need help from a greater one, but as John has experienced the indecencies of life he figures that he is part of something bigger including God. John feels it is instinct to have a God, and our society believes that God is always watching over us and showing us how to walk in his footsteps. 

After studying Sigmund Freud’s Structure of the Psyche, its evident why John is so much different from the society of the World State. Unlike most, John doesn’t give in to the ids of his personality, were as characters such as Lenina, act on instinct towards hunger, sex, aggression, or as in the book soma, John doesn’t become a slave to his ids although he is constantly tempted. John relies on his superego and has the power to resist the temptations of from his ids. A superego is like a conscience and John has a different voice than most people, because of they way he was raised. This is what makes it able for John to see the problems with the World State because of his pure morals. The superego is similar to the beliefs of being stoic and believing a greater power and questioning my choices. So ids are the drives of a epicurean, which the population has been conditioned to be.

On the island John if anything grows in stoicism, as he sees he must punish himself for his sins. He whips himself as an attempt to his beliefs and not let the pressures of the world tear him down. His biggest pressure is Lenina who has haunted his mind ever since they last met, but he must struggle to forget her as well. As he suffers to the benefit of the crowd and Lenina makes an appearance to him, he collapses under the pressure and surrenders himself to her. After he realizes what loathsome deed he has preformed and destroys the only thing he has kept with him, his values. He, as the samurai of ancient Japan did, justly claims his own life.

From Johns debut it has been clear on what his function in the book is that he is a link between the two worlds. Being from Malpais he can see what is different from another culture as Lenina from the World State can see what’s different from John’s culture, and neither can really understand one another. I find when I’m forced to go or do something I don’t necessarily desire, the first details I acknowledge are the negative ones and I realize this is what John and Lenina see when they are tossed into a new culture.  Born from people from the World State and raised in Malpais, it was inevitable for him. Even though he is truly part of both cultures he is neither accepts or accepted by either. Although he has certain potential as viewed by other characters. Bernard uses John for his own personal gain but getting revenge on the Director after the Director threatens to send Bernard to Iceland, by showing him his son that he disowned, and sent to live outside the city. After Bernard acts as his guardian, but actually leeches of his popularity, so he seems popular himself. Where as Lenina is very attracted to him and even ignores the world slogan (Everybody belongs to Everybody), and pursues only John, which ultimately leads to John’s demise. Even though John discovered all he could about the World State, overall he failed at changing it and the world society will continue to run as it has before.

Tags: Brave New World, Ego, Ids, John the Savage, Superego
Posted in Brave New World, English 20

Outcasts in an Inclusion World

“Geek!” “Nerd!” “Fag!” Yell the high school guys to me and my friends after we get our bio tests back. So what if I got the highest mark? So what if my friends and I study for hours the nights before the test to do our best? I compare this to the feelings of being the outsider that Bernard, Helmholtz, and John felt in Brave New World. These men grew up in a world of conditioning to be pneumatic and promiscuous, men and women both. They are the outcasts in the book because they surpassed all this conditioning and still have a mind of their own. They still want to think on their own, about science, truth, and beauty. These men are the essence of loneliness and abandonment within their society, the nerds with their heads in the toilets getting the swirlies in today’s world.

John the Savage and Mustapha Mond were of the highest intelligence and maturity introduced in Brave New World. These two men showed their understanding of the world far beyond any other characters. From knowledge about other gods and higher powers to the emotions of love, respect, and dignity within families, John and Mustapha understood both sides of the world. The pneumatic conditioning as well as life before Ford and mass production techniques both have bonuses and faults. John doesn’t understand the pneumatic, conditioned way of life because he grew up on the reserve with emotions and responsibilities. He wanted marriage and kids and pains that came with the way of life he had in mind. He wanted to sacrifice personal loss and pains for all the feelings of love, accomplishment, and reward he would get with the reservation life, our life. Mustapha understood these feelings and respected them, but had to choose between personal happiness and the happiness he could provide for the whole of Brave New World. He chose the opposite of John. Mustapha saw the need to keep society stable, therefore continuing the conditioning of all the ‘twins.’ Both men made huge sacrifices to keep their values. John sacrificed personally, from losing his mother, realizing he could never change the only women he loved, Lenina, and ultimately sacrificing his own life rather than accepting the way society in Brave New World was run. Mustapha also sacrificed, not only personally, but also socially as he kept his knowledge to himself, valuing stability over science, truth, and beauty. Both of these men came so close to enlightening the whole world, but came up just short, as seemed to be the theme of the book.

Bernard and Helmholtz also showed intelligence in the book, but never could really understand or comprehend the way their minds worked. Solidarity and thinking were forbidden ideas in Brave New World, yet Bernard and Helmholtz could sit together in the same room, just thinking in silence, talking only about solidarity. Both men had that feeling of knowledge of more than the conditioning they had yet didn’t understand what it meant. Like always having the words on the tip of your tongue but could never get them farther than that. Bernard had the advantages of being to Savage Reservations and taking in the way they lived, but with his conditioning, never could manage more than a few days within the reserves. That’s when Bernard found Linda and John, who he managed to get out of the reserve and take back to Brave New World where he could study them, and eventually gain popularity through it. Helmholtz had his intelligence strengthened by his career, a very high class professor. When Bernard and Helmholtz got together, it was Helmholtz who did most of the talking; he was very easy going and found his words much easier than Bernard. It was Helmholtz who first warned Bernard about the way he was treating John, Helmholtz knew it was only a matter of time before John revolted from the way Bernard was using him. Helmholtz could relate better to John as well, he better understood John’s thoughts. Both Bernard and Helmholtz were sentenced to an island, somewhere they could be who they wanted, not what society told them to be. Helmholtz understood this gift, while Bernard was horrified by it, another example of their differences in intelligence. Bernard and Mustapha were as close to human as the clones got. Both men played very significant roles in the book and without them, the blinding differences of Mustapha Mond and John the Savage would never have been taken as seriously as they were and ought to be.

When I read, I am always comparing the characters, plots, and settings. While reading Brave New World, I found striking similarities between John the Savage, Mustapha Mond, Bernard Marx, and Helmholtz Watson to another book I read in english last year, Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Calpurnia, Caesar, Marcus Brutus, and Marc Antony are all easily related and compared to the characters in the 15+ chapters of BNW. John the Savage and Marcus Brutus both show tremendous integrity in their respective books, both being introduced and surrounded by a epicurean, pneumatic society they want no part of. Mustapha Mond and Julius Caesar are the leaders of society for their stories, each having immense power over the other characters. Bernard is like Calpurnia in their personalities that shy away from hard times and critisms, but are always at the front of the line for awards and attention, Bernard with Savage and Calpurnia with Caesar. Helmholtz is like Marc Antony with the hidden intelligence but personality that waits for the right moment, though both missing their prime moments. This comparisson I used throughout BNW for a better understanding of the characters, and maybe the next book I read, I will compare those characters to BNW characters.

Tags: Bernard Marx, Brave New World, Helmholtz Watson, John, Mustapha Mond, Out-Casts
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Finding Your True Self

After reading Brave New World, there were numerous significant characters throughout the text. I concluded that there are excessive similarities between most of the characters. The characters were taught that they were supposed to accept their role in life. I strongly disagree with this statement as I believe that if people will not work to their potential if they have nothing to work for. I cannot imagine what it would be like to be forced into what I believe in. In a real society everyone should have their own preference of what they believe in and what they do on a day-to-day basis. To have stability with peace in the world I should be able to believe in what I want. Even if others do not agree with my beliefs they should still respect me and that is how peace will be achieved. Not by making everyone the exact same to a tee, but by accepting others for whom they are. Brave New World may have a stable environment but the citizens have no individual identity. Everyone is expected to act the same way and have the same morals and values. How fun would that be if everyone has the same values? I affirm having conflicting values creates us as individuals and even though you might not agree with everyone, this makes us who we are. We have our own individual not just a person with the same morals and values as everyone else.

The society seemed to be in a stabile state before John arrived. Once John arrived, he tried to convince the lower caste citizens to revolt against the society and create a non-stable environment. John is the most significant character in the Brave New World text. John is the only one in the text that is repulsive in having a conditioned society. John is the only one in the text that has true identity and has family. He attempts to change the world state society but was unsuccessful. His revolting ways was a direct result of reading Shakespeare. John felt that Shakespeare was not only better than all those feelies like soma, but reflected his suicide as well. Shakespeare’s writings state that death is virtuous and it brings eternal life, which influenced John to become the Marc Antoney in Julius Caesar. Marc was extremely stoic as well as John and we both my favourite characters in both of the texts. They both had strong morals and never became a sheep and followed the pack. I believed that if you are willing to stick up for yourself and not let others take advantage of you, you are a strong sense of your identity and morals. Any example of John sticking to his morals is when he rejects Lenina when she wants to have sec with him. He believes that you should wait till you have said your vows to your life partner before you should give up your virginity. As a catholic, I am taught to follow the same rules and can easily relate myself to John. He believes that your family is a strong part of your life and I agreed with him that your family should be the most important part of your life.

John was sort of able to get Lenina to show some feelings and love someone even though they are taught not to. Lenina reminds me exactly of Calpurnia, Julius Caesar’s wife. They both are notably epicurean and do not have strong morals. They both are young and beautiful and are willing to go and have a good time. Lenina has a longing want to have a long lasting relationship with one guy, a desire that is considered ugly and dirty in a society that believes promiscuity is healthy. I wish Lenina would just have listened to more of what John told her and she could of found her true identity and not just followed what she was told all the time. In the Brave New World, Lenina is very high on her self and that getting around with numerous men is making her more and more popular than ever. I could not believe this statement! In today’s society, a girl that does that gets a unpleasant name for herself like whore, slute, skank, etc. Most girls once they get this name find this exceedingly difficult to get rid of. This is why most girls now would not want to be classified as this. A girl being called that would only bring their self-esteem down. I don’t understand how a girl could let her self go like Lenina has. In my perspectives that is so unattractive. I would never want to have a girlfriend that got around as much as Lenina did. Girls like are like this usually end up getting diseases like aids.

I was researching Sigmund Freud’s theory of psychic apparatus and found that I could relate easily relate some of the characters to this apparatus. His definition of Id reminds me exactly of Lenina. She instantly came to my head as I was reading Sigmund Freud’s theory. Lenina was probably the most epicurean character of the book and showed the strongest characteristics of Id. Lenina put no thought into how she was alternating her happiness, she was only doing it to support her sudden drives. She always wanted to have soma so that she wouldn’t have to face her problems. She acts exactly like a kid neglecting her problems. I expect this from a five year old but not Lenina. On the other hand Bernard was a good example of having a super-ego. Bernard did not only have a balance on basic drives and passions, but a true conscience and spiritual goals. He found his own true identity and stuck with his strong morals. Bernard was a stoic character that he thought about the meaning of his life and the world he was living in. I am proud of Bernard for doing this because being a victim of peer pressure before I know how hard it is to stray away from the herd. Bernard has to courage to not only stray away and have super-ego thoughts but to express them to another being. I believe that Bernard and John are the only two that have found there meanings in life, they set their beliefs and don’t fall to peer pressure and for this I applaud them.

I found that Brave New World was an easy text to relate to Julius Caesar. Some of the characters showed abundant similarities. When Mr. Sader made us look up Sigmund Freud’s theory of psychic apparatus, this theory made me realize how so many of the characters were acting like little children or the ID. They all escape their problems by turning to a drug called soma and never want something more in life. They always want to sheep and just follow their herd and follow victims to peer pressure. If everyone was the just the same no one would ever have role models. I know if I was a character in this book, I would not have a role model in this book because everyone is the just the same. When I am looking for a role model, I don’t want someone that is a follower. I want someone that is a leader and not scared to stand up for what they believe in. I might not always agree with them but that would just be boring if everyone has the same wants. Would anyone ever be remembered for an invention or something magnificent that they contributed to the world? I don’t believe they would ever come up with new inventions as they are always drugged up on soma. In Brave New World, people were just living with a false sense of happiness.

Tags: Brave New World, Christianity, Julius Caear, Sigmund Freud
Posted in Brave New World

BNW vs. The Island

After reading and watching Brave New World and The Island I concluded many similarities between the character’s personalitys. John definitely contributed to Brave New World. John being the stoic thinker that he was tried to attack the system by filling the lower castes with ideas to revolt against the stability system. The savage’s ideas and actions reflected the works of Shakespeare. John felt that Shakespeare was not only better than all those feelies, but reflected his suicide as well. Shakespeare’s writings state that death is virtuous and it brings eternal life, which influenced John to become the Mark Antoney in Julius Caesar. Lincoln six Echo in “The Island” has many of the same characteristics of Linda’s son. They both try to crack their respectable factory systems. They systems that they were fighting were against what they believed in and they took a stand. Another character that took a stand in Brave New World was Hemholtz Watson. He was a true thinker and mastermind of the book. Hemholtz felt unfulfilled writing endless propaganda doggerel and read a heretical poem to his students, which indirectly got him exiled to an island. John and Hemholtz were similar because they were very similar in spirit. Being both stoic thinkers they exhibited much independence. James McCord from “The Island” showed characteristics of Hemholtz Watson. They both knew how the system ran in their worlds and they eventually both fought the system in one way or another. James McCord fought his system by helping Lincoln Six Echo and Jordan Two Delta leave the factory and explore the new world. Hemholtz Watson was a lecturer at the factory and got exiled to a island for preaching true thoughts to the students.

Bernard was a character in Brave New World who had a significant role in the beginning of the book but was unhelpful and disappointing in the end of the book. Bernard was a intelligent man but was easily overwritten. He really disappointed me when he used John as a display to the factory people to elevate his social status. I applaud Bernard for expressing his stoic feelings to Lenina who had intense epicurean thoughts. Bernard was filled with humanly emotions and he risked sharing them with Lenina even if he would be exiled to a island. When I compare Bernard to the characters in The Island he has characteristics of Lincoln Six Echo. Both these characters in their respective books started to see the cracks in the system and what was going wrong. But in another sense he was different than Lincoln six echo because Bernard just sat back and watched they stability system run, and Lincoln Six Echo fought the system.

The Island and Brave New World had almost identical controllers. Mustapha Mond in Brave New World had very epicurean thoughts as did Dr. Merrick in The Island. Both controllers were hiding the truth behind the little minds of the residents of the factories. They were both looking for stability and were willing to give up science and religion and all that is true to keep the factories stable. Mustapha Mond thought that stability is the highest social virtue because it leads to lasting happiness. Dr. Merrick also would believe that stability is the highest social virtue in his system because he was running a insurance company. All the “humans” in the building were insurance policies, what else would he have to look onto except stability? Dr. Merrick and Mustapha Mond were using coverups to hide the real truth in the “humans” lives. In The Island he told the residents that there was a contamination and he was “saving” them from being contaminated. Mustapha Mond was using soma to exchange misery with false happiness and to take away true emotions. Mustapha Mond was obviously doing something wrong in his controlling system because humans like Hemholtz and Bernard began to wonder if there is more than just false happiness. I can only imagine how many more workers in the factory are going to begin to find those cracks in the system. Soma can only work for so long when the humans are inheriting thoughts in their Genes before they are fully developed. The true thoughts will eventually begin to happen. Both controllers initially conditioned their “humans” to believe in untrue beliefs. Both controllers created a all around false lifestyle.

When I compare the characters to Sigmund Freud’s theory of psychic apparatus. His definition of Id reminds me of Lenina. She had such intense drives and satisfies those drives for whatever it takes. Lenina was probably the most epicurean character of the book and showed the strongest characteristics of Id in Sigmund Freud’s theory whether it was sensual pleasures or just the need for soma. Lenina put no thought into how she was alternating her happiness, she was only doing it to support her sudden drives. On the other hand Bernard was a good example of having a super-ego. Bernard did not only have a balance on basic drives and passions, but a true conscience and spiritual goals. Bernard being the stoic character that he was thought about the meaning of his life and the world he was living in. I applaud Bernard for doing this because being a victim of peer pressure before I know how hard it is to stray away from the herd. Bernard has to courage to not only stray away and have super-ego thoughts but to express them to another being. John was a character that confused me in the stage and level he was in Sigmund Freud’s theory. I do agree that John had a balance of common sense and basic drives. John also was very spiritual and had a heavy conscience that criticized and prohibited his drives, fantasies, feelings, and actions. I felt like John was all over the scale through the book. This was because of John having to deal with immense pressures all at once. John’s suicide could have possible been because of his lack of ego and super-ego and immense id at the time.

The Island was a great source of outside text to relate to Brave New World characters to because the setting of each story was similar and with cloning many similar situations came up. In each story the system was hiding world truths for stability and strength. The character’s personalities were easy to relate to one another with stoic and epicurean thoughts and the different stages of Sigmund Freud’s theory of id, ego, and super-ego. Carl Jong could also be used as a example of what happened in Brave New World. The idea that you inherit thoughts when you inherit genes of physical features. All people do inherit just as Carl Jong states. In the island Lincoln Six Echo definitely inherited his initial thoughts. The movie displays this by him knowing the name of the boat his actual owner owns. Lincoln Six Echo’s genes actually were holding his thoughts that early on in is lifetime when he was producing his personal physical features. I found that the personality of the characters in Brave New World and The Island were very similar in the actions they displayed in their respective books. The humans in Brave New World and The Island are living in contaminated worlds of false happiness.

Tags: Brave New World, Hemholtz, James McCord, John, Lenina, Lincoln Six Echo, Mustapha Mond, Stability, The Island
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The Island Awaits You

After the rebellion The Controller tells John, Helmholtz, and Bernard that they are being sent to a island that is occupied with people like themselves who just don’t seem to fit into their perfect society. If I was John I’d be ecstatic I’d get to leave this place and go somewhere were they’d accept him for who he really is. I’d rather live on this island and get the freedom to do what I want without having rules and responsibilities forced upon me. I’d also get the freedom of speech and say what I want, and others might not completely reject it they may consider my theories. For Bernard I don’t think he would like being ejected from societty, he really enjoys his place in they World State, but he may have no choice.

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John the Outsider

John has nothing to worry about in the world state and that is what has him completely worried. Living in a completely sinful society were over consumption is encouraged to ensure social stability. John can drop soma, have relations with Lenina, and just dance because everything is going to be okay. John is living in a teenager’s paradise and is afraid to take part. I believe John and myself feel the same way about this utopia, sure there is everything to satisfy our epicurean needs but that is not who we really are. I need my mind to be nourished, read a book, play a video game, and do something with some kind of stoic like sense behind it. Have faith in a higher power that didn’t spit out cars from a factory for a living, but praise a real God. John does not have a real grip on the world state policies; he is a stoic living in an epicurean utopia.

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Misery in Paradise

I understand competely of how John is feeling towards this civilized society. Sometimes I just want to be alone, I will pull out my guitar, plug it into my Xbox 360 (I can’t play real guitar too well) and jam out. I don’t want to talk to anybody and sure I feel lonely and miserable but that is how I want to be. John in this utopia it is nearly impossible to find this comfort of being lonely and miserable. People walking around complaining that we don’t have the right kind of mustard does not exist in London because the person would just drop some soma and move on. There are times when I love just to shut my cell phone off and just say it is all about me tonight. John is feeling the same way he has the right to be miserable but he does not have anybody to share these feelings with. A world without any misery and loneliness is the most lonely and miserable world of all.

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True Feelings

How much true happiness is Mustapha Mond willing to give up for community, Identity, stability. When John and Mustapha are debating about which society is better happiness is the true factor. John’s argument is true feelings are better than drugged feelings. John was trying to prove that all the workers happiness in the Brave New World is soma. John said that his true happiness comes from his family, true love, and friends. Mustapha’s argument is why would you need true happiness when you need soma? Why have a family, true love, and friends when you can take soma and have sensual pleasures any time of the day. I am unconditionally on John’s side. True happiness is what I look for in life. Although john did commit suicide in the end of the book he was in search of that true happiness. When he was almost in grasp of it, it was soon ripped away. He lost Linda and Lenina. John was the more holy character in the book. He did not use drugs to make him happy, he looked for the good things in his life. Mustapha Mond’s system is all false happiness. If the workers are feeling down soma is at their right hand. The workers in the Brave new World do not have families and true love. John did live the more happier life when he was in the savage world and even in the Brave new World because he had true feelings.

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The Goldy Oldies are no More

Lets be honest some of the greatest art, movies bands, etc are definitely not as new or as new as I think they are. Like in “Brave New World” were Shakespeare’s works are prohibited because they are too beautiful and would attract too many people. So if I lived in a similar society I couldn’t watch movie like Star Wars or Indiana Jones, or listen to bands like Led Zeppelin, RUSH, or Hendrix, I don’t know what I’d sure there’s new media everyday but nothing beats the classics. Older bands like Led Zeppelin, or The Beatles influence so many bands in our present society I don’t think we’d have same great musical talented bands we have today. Were movie like Star Wars has united anyone who’s willing to admit they watch it for over thirty years. It would be considered murder to not let people know the existence of these masterpieces

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Ultimate Peace

As was clear from the very first time John was introduced to this book, he was the center of attention. He kept everyone anxious to read on and in the end, fulfilled his mysteriousness. I had made guesses to what might happen in the book and how it might end, but with John hanging himself, I was completely shocked. It was the opposite of what I had expected. I had envisioned John as the Jesus of this book, the one who would cure all this insanity, and now he was dead.

I can see why John hung himself, with all the pressures of an entire society thinking of him as nothing more than a source of entertainment. They read about him in the papers and watched movies on his habits, never fully understanding what this ’savage’ was doing. John was only looking for peace and quiet, wanting to get away from this crazy society, and the more he tried to hide, the more interesting he became to the people. I can’t even imagine trying to go from what he considered as a normal society in the Savage Reservation to this Brave New World. He lasted longer than I believe I would have.

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Soul Mate

Everyone person is in search for their perfect sole mate. Including Bernard. Bernard wants a women that is special that will just belong to him and not have the reputation of getting around like a piece of meat from guy to guy. With reading in between the lines I could tell that Bernard really cares about Lenina. The only barricade that is stopping him from making his move and letting his true feelings show towards her, is the fact that she does not open up and let her mind accept new ideas in life. She only thinks from what she taught when growing up. I would be frustrated knowing that the person I cared about so deeply doesn’t accept the ideas that I believe in. I couldn’t image what Bernard is feeling.

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Emotions

I was extremely surprised when John rejected Lenina and called her a whore. John obviously has different morals and values than Lenina. John believes that you should remain a virgin until you are married. As Brave New World, goes on I am guessing that John will leave and move back to the reserve. This was the first time that I have ever seen Lenina show emotions towards to another guy. She tells John that she loves him and asked if he loves her back. I was socked when I heard Lenina say this to John and ask him the question. Why did John just lash out at Lenina and instead just ask her to take the situation slower. I was not expecting him to slap her on the back and call her a whore. If I was put into John situation, I don’t know what I would do because I would be so confused and shock. I probably would not of shoved her even though she was acting like a whore.

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Dealing with Death

In the society of Brave New World they are conditioned to accept death. They are bribed with candy when someone dies so they see it as a good thing. I couldn’t stand it if my mother died and lots of little kids are watching her just waiting and don’t even care about Linda or John. Its not that I want people to mourn me when I die but I like to feel like I made a difference in their lives, that they’ll miss me for the qualities I have.

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Desireable Qualities

I personally interpret Bernard Marx’s odd behavior as being very respectful and passionate. The Society of the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre is focused very much on not falling in love and just being promiscuous. I admire the fact that though the society pressures this way of life he still wants to experience deeper feelings with a women other then just sleeping around. This situation reminds me of teenagers in today’s culture. In relationships generally the males pressure their girlfriends into sleeping with them. Without spending quality time with each other I don’t think you care deeply at all for your date. Not getting emotionally attached is exactly what I consider as being promiscuous and having flings. Bernard wants to experience more then just sleeping with beautiful women that he does not care about. This quality in a man is very admirable and rare throughout Brave New World.

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Outsider

Bernard has the feeling of being an outsider in Brave New World. When he goes to the savage reservation he is more comfortable than Lenina. Bernard has had experience being an outsider back in the Brave New World. Being judged as an alcoholic and a low caste person he is used to being an outsider. Another person that is a outsider in Brave New World is Linda. I would too feel like an outsider being left in the savage reservation, previously residing in the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Center. Although Bernard and Linda may feel like outsiders in their situations, I feel the most for John. I would be confused as to where I would belong. Sure I was born in the savage reservation but John is white skinned, has straw hair, and blue eyes. His characteristics are much different than the other savages. Being an outsider is a hard think to deal with. I think that John will find a way to integrate himself into the Brave New World.

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Drillbit Bernard

Now that John has been discovered to be the Director’s son he has gained a colossal amount of popularity overnight. Now that he is so popular Bernard devises a plot to gain power for himself and elevate his social status, and once Linda trips out on soma he acquires the position of guardian over John. Although his title is guardian all he actually doing is leeching John’s newfound popularity. This is like the movie “Drillbit Taylor” where he pretends to be these kids body guard but really plans to rob them. I think it’s pretty low to take advantage of people and just screw them over, but I’m sure in the past I’ve probably done it.

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Eternal holiday

The idea of taking soma to go on an eternal holiday is just plainly immoral. I know it doesn’t matter in this manufactured and conditioned society but to go on soma for two months and then move on eternally to the afterlife is impulsive to Linda’s higher power. When life doesn’t turn out the right way take control and alter the course of life. When I have a bad day I sit down and see what sacrifices I have to make, where I need to improve and most of all change my attitude. Live life to the fullest it is not measurable compared to the holiday that soma gives you. Even I don’t know exactly what soma does to you but I’m sure it can be compared to today’s modern drugs (Which still I don’t know what they do). Choosing to take death by soma rather than the way God intended us to, is not morally correct. Live life until it is time to go, life is short as it is don’t hit the accelerator quite yet. It is suicide in a nutshell. Why turn on the radio and television and waste the last two months of life popping pills? Experience an eternal holiday that starts off with dreams but turns into the reality of death. True happiness comes from living the dream, and loving family for Ford sakes. I guess when people come out of a bottle there’s no reason to live for. No reason to prolong life when it is nothing but over excessive indulgences. Linda is not from a utopian society she is from a society with morals and family genetics and should be doing what we all do, live life.

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Becoming Immortal

In Brave New World Pope gives some Shakespeare books to John. It’s cool to know that the same things we study and learn are also being learned five hundred years from now. Even though Shakespeare died a long time ago his stories will live on forever, I’m sure similar things can be said about bands like The Beatles, Led Zepplin, or ACDC. I’ve often wondered what will be remembered about me when I die, and how I’ve impacted other peoples lives, this motivates me to be the best I can be.

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Soma For That

The idea of taking soma to go on an eternal holiday is just plainly immoral. I know it doesn’t matter in this manufactured and conditioned society but to go on soma for two months and then move on eternally to the afterlife is impulsive to Linda’s higher power. When life doesn’t turn out the right way take control and alter the course of life. When I have a bad day I sit down and see what sacrifices I have to make, where I need to improve and most of all change my attitude. Live life to the fullest it is not measurable compared to the holiday that soma gives you. Even I don’t know exactly what soma does to you but I’m sure it can be compared to today’s modern drugs (Which still I don’t know what they do). Choosing to take death by soma rather than the way God intended us to, is not morally correct. Live life until it is time to go, life is short as it is don’t hit the accelerator quite yet. It is suicide in a nutshell. Why turn on the radio and television and waste the last two months of life popping pills? Experience an eternal holiday that starts off with dreams but turns into the reality of death. True happiness comes from living the dream, and loving family for Ford sakes. I guess when people come out of a bottle there’s no reason to live for. No reason to prolong life when it is nothing but over excessive indulgences. Linda is not from a utopian society she is from a society with morals and family genetics and should be doing what we all do, live life.

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Savage Reservations

These so called savage reservations are places of refugee for the remaining people who have not been assimilated into the World State’s so called “perfect world.” In these savage reservations the refugees are able to practice their cultures and languages freely. These cultures include Polish, German, and French who were on the verge of extinction. Even though it would be a lot easier if everyone spoke the same language and had the same perspectives on world views. But these unique qualities are what make everyone unique from anyone else. Bernard knew that there was something wrong with the World States society. He felt like he never quite fitted in. Almost as if he was a refugee himself stuck in an alpha’s body. He probably wishes that he lived amongst the refugees. But it probably won’t be long before these reservations are assimilated by the larger conditioned society where they will consume its goods and excessive pleasures. It is every teenage boys dream to live in such a society. I am glad that Canada is a bilingual country because this is one of the many features that make Canada unique.

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New Faith

Huxley involves myself to think more about the religious institutes and ceremonies in my life. With the ritual of the whipping reminded myself of how Jesus was whipped and later sacraficed. Seems odd how Bernard chose this savage reservation to take Lenina upon. I bet the North Pole is looking good to Lenina right now. Nothing but indoor fantasies and soma as far as thy can see. With such strange rituals I wonder if there is more than one God to the citizens of the savage reservations. I’m sure they can come up with a better God than Ford, something like I don’t know Mercedes Benz.

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Ford Almighty

A norm sunday for me is to attend church and praise the Lord. I am a very spiritual person and I look to God when I need an answer. In Brave New World the beings praise Ford. Their whole society is made from the same techniques as Ford used on his Model T. The workers in the factory were produced from mass production of embryos. They have so much respect for Henry Ford, just as I do for the Lord Jesus Christ. When the meeting was held in BNW they praised Ford in such a way I would praise God in church. I understand why they have so much respect for Ford. Why wouldn’t they? Henry created the method they were produced in. If Henry Ford and his model T did not exist, the workers in Brave New World would not either. I believe that everyone needs something to believe in and Henry Ford gives hope for the workers in life.

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Unnoticed in Utopia

When the smoke rises from the factory from a burning corpse does someone shed a tear? When not enough soma is taken or a cell is not perfectly split does anyone care? What is death like in Utopia. Here on earth I live a life of happiness and meaning. I hope when I pass on I am not just some random dust in the air as the “humans” are in Brave New World. Humans on our world are honored and remembered when they pass on. In Brave New World I do not think there is much time for mingling with the other workers. There is no time for a relationship, only sensual pleasures. When Bernard and Lenina were flying over the factory Bernard had no remorse when he was talking about the incineration of the corpses. I would think that the same reaction would come from others workers in the factory. To think about being compacted in a little factory with hundreds of thousand others workers it would not be so bad to loose just one. Death in the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Center would not be only forgotten, but unnoticed.

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New Culture

While Lenina and Bernard were in the Savage Reservation they were definitely in for a surprise. While they were there they saw things they never thought they would ever see, like old people and children. They met someone who actually came from the Hatchery and she told them of how her life had changed, she had learned things, had a child, and learned how to value life. I would find it so hard to accustom to a new culture after you’ve grown up in one so differently. You’d have to learn different customs, languages, and religions and meet new people. It just like my relatives that moved to Indonesia, I don’t think I could basically leave everything behind like my friends, family and stuff. If I were to move to somewhere like Wainwright it wouldn’t be to bad I could come down every once in a while, but if I went to a place like Indonesia, there would be no coming back for a while.

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Human Thoughts

Bernard is the truest humanly character in Brave New World. All the beings in the factory have such small brain capacities that are influenced by plentiful soma and conditioning. Bernard is starting to see through to the light. All the workers in the factory are so affected by soma and conditioning that they don’t expand their knowledge on life any further. Why search for the meaning of life if I am “happy”?, is the thought of the workers. When Bernard stopped the helicopter looking into the sunset he recited his thoughts about life to Lenina. I applaud Bernard for thinking so deep and voicing his opinion to Lenina. He must have much respect for Lenina if he trusts her with that deep of thoughts. In Utopia in the factory it is considered wrong to think this deep about your being. The common and true thing to do in the factory is work, soma, and have sensual pleasures. Bernard would be thought down upon if anyone found out about his intense thinking. In time Bernard will soon see through the crazy system that he is living in and revolt. If I was stuck in a factory not able to advance and travel through life I would look for a way out as well.

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Stability

The World States motto is community, identity, stability. The World State is trying to create social stability by making everyone the exact same. They believe that this is the only way to have world peace. Everyone is brain-washed to do and believe in the same things. From the time the kids are born they are pounding this into their heads. I cannot imagine what it would be like to be forced into what I believe in. In a real society everyone should have their own preference of what they believe in and what they do on a day-to-day basis. To have stability with peace in the world I should be able to believe in what I want. Even if others do not agree with my beliefs they should still respect me and that is how peace will be achieved. Not by making everyone the exact same to a tee, but by accepting others for who they are. I am just glad that this book is fictional and I don’t have to worry about this in our society. I am extatict that we are able to have a free will and not be told what we have to do.

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No Love

In Brave New World they people are encouraged to date more than just one person. It’s hard to imagine just dating anyone how can up and asked me. In our society we battle to keep a long term relationships, but in B.N.W they are discouraged from it. It would be hard for me to go out with someone and feel we really hit it off and connected then for her to go and date another guy. It would be heartbreaking to have someone I love just reject me like that.

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Savages

Further into the book the main focus has become population survival versus individual survival. With the help of savage reservations the conditioned society has a great brute force to marginalize a genetic society. Savage reservations limit the chance of genetics, emotions, and heredity ever existing as a large and whole collective population. Reservations and their morals of an ideal society like the one that we take for granted, well that I take for granted after reading parts of the book so far, have no chance of survival on a global scale. I know it won’t be too long before these reservations are assimilated by the larger conditioned society that feeds on over consumption and excessive pleasures. It is a teenagers dream to live in such a conditioned society. Conditioning does cause the people to act like teenagers, no worries, dropping soma, having orgy porgy celebrations, and living a sinless life. No wonder savage reservations are an example of such horrid lifestyles and used for tourists attractions. Conditioning is seems like a dream society compared to those moral savage beings with values, virtues, and faith I’m sure some soma can kill that thought.

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Survival of the Fittest

Survival of the fittest is a term often used in a free-market such as the United States or even Canada. It reflects people competing for survival or supremacy. In an economy where you have free-will to choose what lifestyle you want to live survival of the fittest is a reality. I am always competing with others either trying to get higher marks on tests or do better in sports. Two clothing shops on the same street will be competing with each other for better sales. The clothing shop with the best workers that can sell the most clothes will survive while the other store will be out ran. I enjoy this way more because as a consumer when there is competition you end up getting the cheapest products possible.

In the novel Brave New World this is not a reality. Every human being is predestined to what they will do. Many human beings are genetically altered so they will run a machine for their whole life, without thinking they are being forced to do this. I believe that in every successful market survival of the fittest is a key and not having a free-will alters the point in human beings being on earth in the first place. Every person should try to achieve dominance, instead of being genetically altered so that they will do the same things for their whole life.

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Childhood

When I was a kid I was never embarrassed of what I did because whatever I did I thought was fun. But if I was a character in Brave New Word I would be embarrassed for ever act I did. Nobody in this book knows how there acting and how its completely self-demeaning. The doctors in this book lack the respect for ever gender,age, or rankings in society. In our society your usually not encouraged to play erotic games at the age of 7 and 8 and take drugs to make yourself happy. But it seems everything we consider breaking the law is the life style of the people in Brave New World.

When I was young I was just like every other boy in my class, just wanting to have fun. Not once did I think of talking or even getting close to a girl, I usually tried being a dick so they wouldn’t talk to me. These young children are used as sexual experiments and the adults are expected to be with hundreds of opposite sex every year. The higher rank you are the higher the expectations are.

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Bernard

Its hard for me to believe how much of an outcast Bernard is in the “Brave New World“. How can he be the highest rank but be so ignored and made fun of by even those lower than him. Usually people like Bernard are really great people but just don’t always get the chance to show it, but he doesn’t even make up for it in this category. While on his date with Lenina, he wouldn’t even do anything he always said there was too big of a crowd, he planned to just walk through the park all afternoon, he should realize thats not going to fly with Lenina. I think Bernard could really be a great guy if he just put that extra effort in to be nice and go with the flow, because I can’t always do everything I want to do I have to let others have there time.

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Soma

In Brave New World soma is considered the perfect drug. Soma is a drug with the capability of allowing a person to take a vacation for up to a month. When someone is on soma its like living without emotion. Without emotions and pain I would never be able to learn from my mistakes. I couldn’t imagine having no emotions. Your day-to-day basis would always be the same and you’d never feel emotional pain. When someone in Brave New World goes on soma something has gone wrong in their life and they want all those painful emotions to go away. They just want to be free and live a comfortable life. Emotions are what make a person them and taking this pill wouldn’t show who they really are.Taking a pill to be relieved of your emotions reinforces what living is really all about. Life can’t always be perfect and we have to face the good and the bad times in our lives.

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Population vs. Individual Survival

Brave New World jumps out to me as a question of population survival against individual survival. The process of twinning tons and tons of embyros at a time while removing all heredity and genetics really imposes that in this society population survival is a much more important factor than individual survival. A conditioned society has removed all everything that makes the population individual and focussed on the main point of having stability for the population. Removing all individuality in a conditioned society leaves no room for an individual identity but a strong group identity necessary to fight against assimilation and population threats. Individuality is what holds the very fabric of society together if you take that away you take away the point of having any political status representing you because everyone strives to be the same. I guess that is what they done to this utopia carnival of sin filled society. For the Henry Ford Society this plan of population survival works. Everyone is conditioned to strive for the same goal without individuality there only has to be a select few world controllers for this society to run smoothly. I guess other than some immoral issues it is a pretty stable and active utopian society. As for morality theres a pill for that.

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Personal Pride

I cannot believe that these children were brought up no to respect their own body. In today scoiety girls who do that get called names like a whore, slut, skank, etc. Most girls once they get this name find this exceedingly difficult to get rid of. This is why most girls now would not want to be classified as this. A girl being called that would only bring their self-esteem down. In the Brave New World, Lenina is very high on her self and that getting around with numerous men is making her more and more popular than ever. I don’t understand how a girl could let her self go like Lenina has. In my perspectives that is so unattractive. I would never want to have a girlfriend that got around as much as Lenina did. Girls like are like this usually end up getting diseases like aids.

My parents have brought me up to respect my own body. Also as a believer of Christianity, this religion that we are suppose to went until we are married and find our true love to do anything. This is our freedom and Canada being a mixed market allows us to make our own personal decisions are who we will get married and to have personal respect for our own bodies. This is very contradictory compared to Brave New World as they believe that they are more popular with the more men they get with.

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Soma

Bernard is having trouble coping with reality and using Soma. Soma is a drug with the capability of allowing a person to take a vacation for up to a month. Without pain in my life, I would never learn from my mistakes. Soma is taken to be relieved of emotional discomfort or pain. When someone is on Soma it is like living without emotions. Soma would make life a lot easier to bare at the worst of times. Especially when my uncle Keith drowned in Muriel Lake. It took over a week to find his body after due to the weather and conditions. This was the worst moment in my life. I wish that I had some soma, so that I could have taken a vacation during that week. When life knocks you down you got to pick yourself up. It can not always be a perfect world.

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Soma

I would never want to take a drug like soma especailly like the characters do in Brave New World. I could not belive how reliant these charcters were on soma. When anyone in this book is depressed they go and have soma. I would never turn to drugs when I am feeling depressed. Whenever I am feeling depressed I turn to my family and friends to help cheer me up.

As Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford from M.A.S.H. would say I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.

I am strong believer that each individual should cherish their family and to me my famly is the most important part of my life. These are what the clones are missing out is a family that they can turn to when they are feeling depressed. I strongly disagree when nurse giving these children soma when they are experiencing mental, physical or spiritual issues. These workers are just passing soma around like it is candy. I believe the employer are teaching the workers whenever they run into a dilemna to turn to a drug to make the porblem disappear.

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Manufactured Society

Bernard and Helmholtz continue to prove even more that the power of emotion is stronger than the conditioned manufactured society. Bernard and Helmholtz are having feelings of discomfort, misery and shame. The more I read the more I appreciate the writing of Huxley. Huxley at the beginning introduces us to a distopia society of everything that we would include in our own utopia society. Later espicially when the characters are starting to be introduced I start to relate more and more to the story and it begins to make me get inside the character’s heads and experience the same feelings and emotions as the characters in the text. Huxley’s examples of a fictional utopia begins to relate more and more to our society with solidarity celebrations and occasions that bring others together. Benard’s flaws are beginning to show us our true strengths.

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