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.

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