However, Bernard warns him not to glorify the corrupt system because he knows that the World State is only using its technological power to control the minds of the citizens.Ħ. He is perplexed by the technological innovations that he has never heard of in the Savage Reservation. To this point, he had never experienced the government first hand. John has only heard the stories his mother tells him about the cleanliness, happiness, and rules of the World State. John develops a unique philosophy on life due to Shakespeare's book, which later allows him to see fault in the World State. The people of the World State are sheltered from the type of literature that John loves. John describes the World State as a “brave new world.” This quotes is an allusion to Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. "And, anyhow, hadn't you better wait till you actually see the new world?" (139) “You have a most peculiar way of talking sometimes," said Bernard, staring at the young man in perplexed astonishment. Through the use of their innovative technology, the government can once again chemically make people to feel a certain way.ĥ. This drug symbolizes the World State’s control over the citizens. Soma makes the people automatically happy, but only for a short period of time. The World State citizens often use this drug when feeling anxious or unhappy. Lenina desires her soma when among the “savages.” Lenin fears having genuine feelings, and she is conditioned to take soma whenever she feels unhappy. He has inner strength and courage that could drastically transform the utopian society. This quote may be foreshadowing Helmholtz rising to power or defying the rules of the government. His complex characterization surges Bernard’s envious behavior. Helmholtz’s character is interesting because on the outside he is a desirable man, but on the inside he has thoughts that disobey the World State. Neither one of them believe that the World State offers the full extent of human happiness. Helmholtz is similar to Bernard in the way that both of these characters are outsiders. Speaking very slowly, "Did you ever feel," he asked, "as though you had something inside you that was only waiting for you to give it a chance to come out? Some sort of extra power that you aren't using–you know, like all the water that goes down the falls instead of through the turbines?" He looked at Bernard questioningly. Mustapha later explains that sleep conditioning was banned in England because it defied liberalism, which was a “miserable ideology.” The quote correlates with the motif of confinement, and it demonstrates how the World State will not allow people to think for themselves.ģ. The government replays soundtracks every night, for a certain period of time sleep conditioning the members of the society. The “Suggestions from the State” brainwash the citizens to conform to the ideologies that are developed by the directors and controllers. But all these suggestions are our suggestions!” The Director almost shouted in his triumph. The mind that judges and desire and decides-made up of these suggestions. "Till at last the child's mind is these suggestions, and the sum of the suggestions is the child's mind. This quote also relates to the motif of dangerous technological advancements, which conceal the truth.Ģ. The World State completely diminishes any chance of developing personal character when nearly one hundred people are genetically programmed to be exactly the same. In my research I found that Huxley feared the future because people would lose sight of who they were. This quote directly apples to the theme that people are losing their identities by conforming to societal standards. However, this “ingenious revolution” is actually a set back to the community. (7)īokanovsky’s process is defined as progress in the World State. By which time the original egg was in a fair way to becoming anything from eight to ninety-six embryos-a prodigious improvement, you will agree, on nature.
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