As infants the people within the “Brave New World”  are conditioned to believe that death and dying is a daily occurrence. The children are taken into the Park Lane Hospital, the death hospital, to see what death is all about.

The soma in this New World makes death and hardships ‘ok’ because the drugs makes the people forget the troubles and takes them away on a ‘holiday’.

Death in all around us in modern days, between war, diseases, and accidents. I believe people of a comfortable age should understand what death means. Death is the end of life. Even thought I believe everyone should know about death, does not mean that a few years into the babies life they should completely understand the meaning of death. I believe as we get older death seems clearer.  I believe that the older people get, the more understanding we have with death.  Death can be scary for some, and a release for others.

Death can happen to anyone at anytime so I think that we should enjoy each day as it comes because there are no guarantees that we will be here tomorrow. The Bucket List is a movie about doing last minute ideas and thrills before you die.

Within the “Brave New World” John, the Savage, talks about how in his home town Malpais, you would have to bring the woman who you wanted to marry, the skin of a mountain lion or wolf.

In pass generations the women would have to bring a dowry to her husband the day of the wedding. The woman would have to bring either money, goods or estate. There was also dowry death where the husband and the in-laws abuse or torture the wife to get more out of the dowry agreement. Dowries were very common  in the early years of Islam, China, Africa, Greece and Europe.

Dowries are not used in our day and age, which excites me. If dowries still continued today, that would mean woman across the world would be paying men to marry us. I really do not like the thought of that, not one bit . I am truly happy that people today do not enforce dowries. I think women in this era have more of a sense of pride.

The fabled island of Atlantis was in the center of the Atlantic Ocean.  Historians have determined that Atlantis was unequaled before or since.  Atlantans had advanced technologies and believed that they had a perfect society that was unequaled anywhere else in the world.

Atlantis sank into the the Ocean in a single day the historians determined.  No one is sure exactly why, but scientists believe that Atlantis self destructed because of their arrogance in believing that they were  indestructible.

In the “Brave New World“, the Directors of Hatcheries and Conditioning believe that they can form a superior society that can be perfect.

I believe that Atlantis is real and that they self-destructed.  Knowledge is great to have, but you have to have a respect for everything and know how to keep everything in balance.  Without balance the world can not survive.

Who/What is a savage? Relating to humans, how can we describe who is uncivilized. Just because a nation or group of people have an unorthodox way of life does not mean that they are savages.

First European setters call the natives to the land, savages because of the difference in lifestyles. The Europeans soon learned that the natives adapted to the land to survive.

Their are also savages within the “Brave New World“. The savages within the book are people without conditioning, and live similar to you and I today. The savages get married, have children but they have a yearly sacrifice. Lenina, from the civilized and conditioned world, did not like being in this uncivilized and dirty place.

I do not believe that there are savages amongst the human population. I believe that civilization that is different from our normal lifestyles, have found their own ways to survive and live.

Now, who’s the savages?

Adolf Hitler was the leader of the tremendous genocide known today as the Holocaust. Hitler was in charge of six million European Jews, killed during World War II. The Holocaust was an unbearable event.  Hitler believed that the jewish race was inferior and did not deserve to live.

In the “Brave New World” the Directors of Hatcheries and Conditioning(DHC’s) are practically creating a genocide, not against one region or faith, but they are opposed to people who are savages or people who do not take to the conditioning the way they planned for. The DHC’s do not burn or work these outsiders, they send them to the reservations.

I have read  ”Hana’s Suitcase” which is about a young, jewish girl living through the Holocaust, and it is hard to believe what it would be like to be within a genocide. I can not swallow the thought of being ‘hunted’ by people you have lived with all your life.

Hypnopaedia is the technological term for sleep learning. Sleep learning is known world wide. Many people in the modern world use hypnopaedia to learn a new language, to learn to overcome bad habits, and many other uses.

The Directors of Hatcheries and Conditioning, use this technique with the people within “The Brave New World“. The Directors use sleep learning to condition societies values into the different castes.  The directors want people to believe that they are perfect and not want to have anything to do with people that are in different castes than they are.

I have never tried hypnopaedia. I believe I would try it if I wanted to learn a new language, if I had no other time. I do not think this sleep teaching technique is ethical for government to use on people without their knowledge.

Is Carisoprodol or better known Soma good for the human body?

Muscle relaxants are used by various people at numerous stages of their lives. Soma is a common muscle relaxer within the United States.  A countless number of people each year abuse the use of carisoprodols.

The people within “The Brave New World” are continually taking soma to relief pain, and with a small pain threshold they are continually ”popping” somas.

I believe small and appropriate doses prescribed by registered doctors is acceptable. I do not think muscle relaxants like soma are ethical to be used as a daily drug for everyday pain. A person should be able to accept and conquer the daily pain in which people world wide encounter.

Is Eugenics the right choice?

Eugenics is believed to improve human hereditary traits.  The philosophy is that by changing the genes, it will create a healthier society.  I believe that if Eugenics is used in the wrong hands, it takes away an individuals rights and freedoms.

“The Brave New World” uses similar ideas for the conditioning of their youth.

In our modern society, doctors can use ultrasounds to check for birth defects in the womb and can correct certain disabilities.

I believe that if this is used correctly and humanly, this can save a child from suffering disabilitating handicaps that can affect their way of living.

Should the government be able to decide Compulsory Sterilization?

In 1907, Indiana passed a law enabling Compulsory Sterilization. Not only Indiana passed this law, but so did 32 other states as well as  Germany, Japan, and Canada. Mentally challenged women were sterilized so they could never re-produce.  Society thought that this would make a stronger civilization by eliminating the risk of passing on unstable genetics.  The women were not given a choice in the matter.

In  “The Brave New World,” the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning make these same decisions.  They are trying to create a perfect society and eliminate free thinking.  They want people who are easy to manipulate and control.

There are numerous books about Compulsory Sterilization on the market.  I found lots of useful information in the book called “Sterilization of People with Mental Disabilities.”

I was horrified to read about how the government used compulsory sterilization in the early twentieth century.  Just the thought of not having the right to reproduce because someone decided that you were not capable of looking after a new born, is unimaginable.  I have met many mentally challenged people and have found most of them to be very loving and I feel, able to look after themselves as well as others, with a little bit of help.  Ask any new mother, and she will tell you, that most new parents need help whether you are mentally stable or not.

Is in vitro fertilization proper? Is a bokanovskified egg proper?  I believe that if you are meant to have a baby naturally, eventually you will.  Unfortunately, some couples can not conceive because of medical issues.  In those cases, I believe that in vitro fertilization is acceptable.  In  the “Brave New World”  they are creating a bokanovskified egg.  Is this morally responsible?  I do not think so.  If you are having in vitro fertilization because you want to have a family, then that is morally acceptable.  If you are  creating a bokanovskified egg to produce a perfect society that can be controlled by the Directors Hatcheries Controllers, this is morally unethical.  To create a race that can be controlled and have no say in their own lives is just wrong in my opinion.  Society can not develop and expand  without different opinions and views.

My mother had friends that had in vitro fertilization after trying unsuccessfully to have a baby for five years.  Now that they have a healthy little girl, I truly understand why in vitro fertilization can be a useful medical tool if used properly. I also accept that when science is used to benefit society as a whole,  in vitro fertilization can be a very useful medical tool.