Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Huxley's Brave New World--Response 1 of 4 by Kazzandra

Part I: pages ­  356

          Starting off with an introduction to the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre pulls the reader in quickly with its clear descriptions of the production of human beings in an assembly line similar to that of a factory, which all comes off as bizarre; however, is actually deemed completely normal by the characters. Similar to our world’s use of “A.D”, this world uses “A.F” which means “after Ford”. Everything I find morally wrong or unorthodox has become the complete opposite in this future which has me dumbfounded at how possible this just may be. In my generation, freedom of basically whatever we believe in is found unconstitutional and is now being fought for with loyal followers whose interests or beliefs differentiate from that of our forefathers who have written the laws for us.  
          Community, stability, and identity. These three words describe the new principles of a world confused between a utopia and a dystopia. Without the restrictions of laws, religion, and so forth, people of this new world have been able to take full advantage of science and technology and take it to a whole new level that have allowed them to change how society works. Altering mankind and molding it into the closest thing to perfect can be ideal or dangerous. Eliminating individuality takes away the uniqueness and wonder of the world making for a monotonous life of existence that no longer matters as long as it contributes to the larger picture, the community. Without arguments due to strong beliefs in predestination and forced instincts into clones as done by the hatchery and conditioning centre, problems will never arise and stability will go on forever.
          Just when I think every character in this story is ridiculous, a man named Bernard finds the customary routine of sex to be wrong and calling a woman a “piece of meat” to be degrading. He gives me at least one thing I can hold on to and relate to in the book.  It gives me the slightest hope that in a world of scientific creation, robot and gray, there’s still a chance of my definition of normal.
          A perfect world it seems; however, within any perfectionist is a flaw that causes their greatest downfall.     

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