Monday, October 18, 2010

Brave New World

Okay so first off I am just going to say how thankful I am that we are past The Tempest and on to something new! Okay now I can start. :P

From what I have read of Brave New World, it is becoming apparent the kind of world the people live in. People are genetically engineered by machines and people to be built for different purposes. In the first chapter, Mr Foster states "We decant our babies as socialized human beings, as Alphas or Epsilons, as future sewage workers or future..." The children that are genetically engineered are used for different social purposes. Mr. Foster continues on in saying, "The lower the caste... The shorter the oxygen." With the lower caste genetically engineered embryo they expose it to less oxygen so it is used to being in the conditions under which job it will work.

The people that are engineered in the book seem to be of no importance, they are just used by society to make things run smoothly. The book even states the fact that the people believe procreation to be a waste and inefficient to their purpose in survival.

The quote you wanted us to explain shows that there is someone needed for every task, and they must have people designed to work under each job and profession.

1 comment:

  1. Still, how are families, desire, and monogamy manipulated in order to create control? You haven't addressed this yet.

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