Wednesday, June 30, 2010
"Inescapable Social Destiny"
I have to admit; as I was reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley I had to laugh a bit. To be truthful this world does not seem like a Utopian society at all. In other words, it does not seem perfect, but its members think differently. Many of you may think it is the opposite and far from perfect. This book reminds me of The Giver by Lois Lowry, which I last read in eighth grade. Just imagine living in a world like this. It is unbelievable how human beings are already predestined for their roles in life. I do not agree with this type of government at all whatsoever. Everyone should be given the opportunity to make the best of his or her life. It is depressing to learn that some individuals are chosen to be less intellectual than others. While we read and finish Brave New World, maybe we should take the time to appreciate the world we live in? Others do not choose our past, present, or future for us. We do not have to hang in a bottle on a conveyor belt for 267 days instead of our mothers' wombs. There are not any voices whispering to us three times a week, one hundred and fifty times, and for five or six years. Our minds and physical states are not conditioned in any way, shape, or form. Also, there is no one on this planet that wants, desires, or has the power to force us to like an "inescapable social destiny." The only character in this book that desires freedom and liberty so far is Bernard Marx. On one occasion, he mentioned to Lenina that he wanted freedom and wishes he, an Alpha, was not useful to society. Sadly, Lenina and her friend just think he is odd and strange. On page 84, I thought it was funny how Bernard jumped up in unison with the rest to avoid feeling left out. He, like the rest, shouted and said, "I hear him; he's coming." I try to picture myself in this society, but I cannot come to a conclusion. Would I be happy and content? What do you all think?
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Utopia the definition from dictionary.com says "an ideal place or state" or "any visionary system of political or social perfection"
ReplyDeleteIn brave new world there is no argument their world is a utopia. everyone is happy with there soma rations and their permiscuity. But observing people like Bernard and Huxley who arn't satisfied with their "perfect" lives and they begin to question. I think in this case the utopia is so perfect that it has flaws. the flaws being bernard. His life is so perfect he has to refuse soma to have feeelings. At first I thought Bernard was simply different from other people maybe just a gree thinker. a "hippy" so to speak. But as I got more intwined in the book I'e decided that he is mentally advanced. Simmilar to evolution, he has evolved from taking soma. and in four hundred years maybe only half the population would be consuming soma.
i think that if one of us were to be placed in the Brave New World utopia, we would be content with drugs, games, and open sex lives for only a little, but then we would miss feeling emotions. Isn't our own society slightly similar to Brave New World, will all our entertainments, which distract us from reality. With entertainments such as Facebook, XBOX, and Cable TV, who is to say that our world is not turning out like Brave New World. If there were to be a Utopia, like Brave New World, but centered around our own pleasures of Monster,Facebook, XBOX, and TV, i think that we would never want to go back to this world.
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