Brave New World Chapter Notes

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Brave New World Notes / Comments

Chapter 1

In this Chapter, tour of the Hatchery/Conditioning Centre. It is basically a hatchery for humans from egg, till they are ready to be adults. They produce humans, and shape them the way that they want them to be.

-From a scientific view, this process is good. (decanting/conditioning) it allows for a race of specialized humans to perform individualized tasks. Manipulating the genes allows for almost any combination of strengths, or weaknesses; whichever is needed. It gets rid of the process of natural evolution, and allows for the customization of the human race. Positive abilities such as reducing of maturity time, Increased intelligence, strength and senses.

-From a political view, this is also good, because you can create the people you want in the society, and be rid of the waste. The grouping into five classes, and the conditioning for each class to never want to be any of the other classes makes it easy to control the population, because they are all content and happy. The budding, creating many identical twins, gets rid of the .individual. aspect of humanity, and allows the masses to be easily predicted, and controlled.

-From my PERSONAL view, and from a HUMAN View, this is all wrong. I believe we as a race strive on our freedoms and our individuality. It.s what makes us who we are. It got us this far, so it can.t be too bad!

Chapter 2

In this chapter, Mr. Foster shows the D.H.C., and his students, how they train the Deltas to hate flowers and reading by shocking them, and using loud noises and explosions. They visit the Beta’s room where they are undergoing elementary class-consciousness. They are consciously repeating to themselves how glad they are to be Betas, and how Gammas and Betas are unfit and gross.

-As I said before, these ideas, and procedures for conditioning are sound, and beneficial to the society of this world. Machieavelli would have jumped on these ideas in an instant if they were plausible at the time. Personally though, I.d hate to live in a world like this. Being predestined to a certain lifestyle, and life before you knew what was out there, and the loss of the freedom to make the choice for yourself, and having thoughts and concepts programmed into you to act as an Instinct is unfair. Unfair to Life, and to the Human condition. Although, growing up in a world like this, you wouldn.t know the difference. You.d have nothing to compare it to.

Chapter 3

Children are encouraged to play erotic games at a very young age during recess. People who aren’t sexually active are considered outcasts. People are encouraged to date more than one person at a time. Lenina is a typical civilized girl in this society. Bernard doesn’t like it when the boys talk about Lenina as though she was meat, and he doesn’t believe in, or enjoy taking soma like everyone else.

-Bernard and Lenina are both characters that are outside the norm of their society. Bernard is shorter then norm, and acts and thinks a little differently because of that. Lenina has a slight tendency to be more monogamous than most of their society.

Chapter 4

Lenina and Bernard plan on going to New Mexico to the savage reservations. We are introduced to Helmholtz who is a genius writer who is adored by the women. He has been feeling kind of weird lately, as though there is something to be said, with a power that he has within him, but he doesn’t know what is so important to be said.

-In this chapter I believe that Bernard was starting to feel his individuality. How he is different from the rest of the society. When he meets the savage, he will feel more of this, and start to identify the feelings, and to identify WITH the feelings.

Chapter 5

Lenina and Henry go to a music club, and afterwards retreat to Henry’s apartment. Bernard attends a religious ceremony in honor of Ford. Bernard hears synthetic music controlled by the President, while the eleven others hear Ford’s footsteps and feel his presence. All throughout the ceremony, Morgan’s unibrow haunts Bernard as he concentrates and tries to experience what the others experience. He pretends to feel the great Ford as the others do, and yet feels even more secluded from the civilization.

-The Idea of the Soliditary service, to me, is like one of those heaven.s Gates cults, and the like. The people of Brave New World would welcome a cup of poison instead of their traditional cup of soma. They don.t fear death here, they welcome it. It is a time of happiness. If they can welcome death and their annihilation so easily, why not brace it entirely. Why aren.t there more suicides here. As far as the FEEL, they have nothing really big to live for. Nothing more than the fulfillment of everyone else.s needs. But there will always be a replacement for them, so what does it matter.

Chapter 6

Lenina and Bernard go on a “date”. Lenina wants to go some place social, but Bernard insists on being alone. They fly to a secluded area underneath the stars and moon, with the water beneath them. The scenery frightens Lenina, so they left The Director Thomas approves Bernard’s vacation to the New Mexico Reservations. The Director tells Bernard of an occurrence that happened to him when he went to the reservations years ago. T

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