"'Charming,' the boys politely agreed. But their smile was rather patronizing. They had put aside similar childish amusements too recently to be able to watch them bow without a touch of contempt. Charming? but it was just a pair of kids fooling about; that was all. Just kids"(Huxely 37).
In the world we live in today, this degrades the meaning of life because in our society the only people we do have sexual intercourse with is those we care and love for, of course there are exceptions to this statement. Nonetheless, by making sexual intercourse an amusement this degrades our meaning of how we are to do things in a society. The beauty in reproduction, or life, is thrown away for personal amusement. However, they do live in a society where everyone is knowledgable about sexual intercourse, so situations where people get pregnant and don't know why just do not occur. This is because all of the people in this world start to be educated on such things as adolescence. They say this is 'charming' that could possibly mean that such things as life or reproduction are seen as a beauty. Although, it may contradict to make something so very important into a very casual procedure, they still do believe that human nature is beautiful.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Brave New World: Chapter 2~The states control
"'They'll grow up with what the psychologists used to call an 'instinctive' hatred of books and flowers. Reflexes unalterably conditioned'" (Huxley 21).
In this excerpt, the children that they are experimenting on are being controlled and making all similar in this aspect. So they will all be the same making them consumers to all of the same things. The bright upside to brainwashing the citizens while they are young is that the society they live is always going to be stable with the way they do things. Even in the event that there are new scientific advancements the social standing will always be the same, never ending, making it so that the societies social structure will never be broken.While there is that upside to this, it is also devaluing people for what they are, which is individuals who have as much potential as any other person. The act of giving children an instinctive hatred for books and wildlife eliminates a part of whom they might've been. The major downside of this is that the potential of people is nulled by the government to keep a peaceful society.
In this excerpt, the children that they are experimenting on are being controlled and making all similar in this aspect. So they will all be the same making them consumers to all of the same things. The bright upside to brainwashing the citizens while they are young is that the society they live is always going to be stable with the way they do things. Even in the event that there are new scientific advancements the social standing will always be the same, never ending, making it so that the societies social structure will never be broken.While there is that upside to this, it is also devaluing people for what they are, which is individuals who have as much potential as any other person. The act of giving children an instinctive hatred for books and wildlife eliminates a part of whom they might've been. The major downside of this is that the potential of people is nulled by the government to keep a peaceful society.
Monday, January 25, 2016
Brave New World :Chapter 1~ The science behind mass production
Quote: "Spoke first, of course, of its surgical introduction- 'the operation undergone voluntarily for the good of Society, not to mention the fact that it carries a bonus amounting to six months' salary'"(Huxley 3).
Thoughts:
In this chapter, this is a point where they indicate how a life is lowered in value by making it worth money. Although, it is good money, it is devaluing a part of evolution, nature, by making a life worth money this society is degrading the lives of those babies. The people in this new dystopian society would amount a life to six months of rent. However, you could look at the justice of this society by providing scientific progressions to further scientifically progress themselves. Thus, making the lives of the people much more important because if that person had not gone under that operation the society would be at a standstill regarding technological developments. The components of this society are mostly based on science making a life more meaningful if they are to be able to do something but, there are social classes in which people are very replaceable; much like in the industrial revolution where workers in factories were easily replaced.
Thoughts:
In this chapter, this is a point where they indicate how a life is lowered in value by making it worth money. Although, it is good money, it is devaluing a part of evolution, nature, by making a life worth money this society is degrading the lives of those babies. The people in this new dystopian society would amount a life to six months of rent. However, you could look at the justice of this society by providing scientific progressions to further scientifically progress themselves. Thus, making the lives of the people much more important because if that person had not gone under that operation the society would be at a standstill regarding technological developments. The components of this society are mostly based on science making a life more meaningful if they are to be able to do something but, there are social classes in which people are very replaceable; much like in the industrial revolution where workers in factories were easily replaced.
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