This whole Brave New World book is in my opinion a little sickening. To think that a world exists where humans are “manufactured” seems like an oxymoron in itself. How can a human even be “manufactured?” One can’t. I’d say the “humans” in Brave New World are more like robots than anything. They’re made for specific jobs, to like certain things and to dislike other things.
The whole society in Brave New World seems completely backwards to me. It is socially acceptable to go out with tons of different people, but if you are seeing someone steadily, it is considered abnormal. Furthermore, children are encouraged to play “rudimentary sexual games.” When one child doesn’t do this, the nurse freaks out. She says, “It’s just that this little boy seems rather reluctant to join in the ordinary erotic play.” If there was one sentence to show how messed up this society was, I think it’d be this one. A little boy who doesn’t want to play erotically? And the nurse takes him to the Assistant Superintendent of Psychology??? Really!? And to top it off, this erotic play is not like an every once in a while thing. It’s, “ordinary.” What does that even mean? As the children grow up, are they exposed to “sexual games” daily? The thought of that really just makes me feel like throw-up.
Also, the idea of hypnopaedia seems like a cool deal, but I feel it is being used in the absolute wrong way. To use it for intellectual gain would be one thing, but it seems like they’re using it to sort of, “brainwash” young kids into liking their particular status. They’re taking away their natural instincts, and replacing it with artificial thoughts. How then, can these children actually be called human? Although it is not these kids’ faults, they still cannot be called human, because as the principle of hypnopaedia is put into effect, the children lose the first basic quality that all humans should possess: being able to think for one’s self. Without this, how can these people or children be called human?
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Trenton, Trenton, Trenton....Hmm..Where to start!? Well, I completely agree with the humans not even being considered humans, because they definitely are not. They are robotic. They do not consist of a mind or a soul. They are taught not to feel emotion, or even think for themselves- thus, they are not human whatsoever. Ummm..the whole society thing--ehh, iffy. You say our society is "completely backwards"!? I would have to differ. Our society is not "completely" backwards. We have a lot of these traces in our society today, that could some day lead up to this complete immoral world. Although, children aren't encouraged to play sexual games, children are perverted enough, they do it on their own. Kids are having sex earlier and earlier as time goes by. And something like this would not be a surprise, if this were to continue. And I totally agree with your whole hypnopaedia. Oh! Oh! Oh! Haha; and I totally love how you ended with a rhetorical question- because it totally gets your reader thinking, and ties it in perfectly with your intro.
ReplyDeleteTrent...I totally agree with you that humans can not be manufactured and that they are I guess merely creating robots. This is a really futuristic novel and they use a lot of techniques to portray that maybe one day this can be possible. I just do not think that machines can make real human beings.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think that we should not judge them because they are happy having multiple lovers. We compare their society to ours and think that theirs is bad. They just don't form that attachment or get emotionally involved with anyone.
The sexual games that the kids have to play did freak me out a little. I think that is just wrong. They should not be exposed to that stuff at their age. I do think that they are being taught artificial thoughts and are forced to believe anything they are told of.
I really liked reading your blog, it was really funny. Good Job :)
They are people just as you or I am, I think it's unfair to call them robots simply because their way of life is the night to our day. I feel the men and women in this book are just as alive as you or I, except with different conditioning. We were reared by the adults in our lives, while they were reared by the system. Who is to say which is better? Now, I do agree with you on the nature of the erotic child play, that is something I cannot accept. But if these people are happy living their lives as they are, who are we to say otherwise? Who are we to criticize?
ReplyDeleteFirst off i found your bolg very interesting. I agree with you that exposing children to such adult activities is sickening, but on the otherhand this society is not like ours in this way. You have to take into account that these "people" have taken on a culture and way of life. If we had grown up in that enviroment and it was viewed as the norm, would this way of life bother us so much?? And i totally agree that the kids are completely brainwashed. All the people in this novel seem to be. That's how they are controlled, through this world of pleasure. Also, good point about natural insticts being gone and releating that to being inhuman. That is something i've always have wondered...if we have no insticts or true emotions are we still considered a human?
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