Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Brave new world!
I've really enjoyed my book. It's been fascinating to read. Some things surprised me though. The fact that Bernard was allowed to bring Linda and her son back was shocking. It was done so easily and Bernard got a lot of credit for it, even world popularity. Anyways, a main theme of this book is the control over society and how it effects the individual. Most conform to be perfect, because the belief is that if everyone plays their part in society, then the world will be perfect. In the eyes of the "Savage" on the hand, this brave, new world wasn't near perfection at all. He very much disliked the feelies (movie clips) and the soma everyone was taking and getting lost in (drugs). It goes to show how much a ruling class can have control over it's people, have all those people believe it's perfect, but in an outsider's opinion is not nearly so. I question and ponder how our society will have changed in the 50 years. We could sincerely change into this society now, those it seems too unlikey, it is a real possibility. Parts of it make complete sense, but the total control is just way too much.
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