Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Yeah this is definitely late.....

Okay, so after finally finishing Brave New World, i can finally blog on it.


For this upcoming essay, I am going to use Brave New World Revisited, The Tempest, and possibly 1984. I found a lot of parallels from both novels we read before this in respect to how the people were controlled.

In The Tempest, Miranda was controlled by Prospero, as with Caliban as well. Prospero brainwashed Miranda into believing what he wanted, and she believed him. Caliban also was pressured to conform to the changes his once native land had. In Brave New World, the people were filled with soma and were genetically engineered to like whatever they did. Even though they were happy, they were ignorant of the truth and reality.

In 1984, I can find the most parallels between the two texts. In 1984, the people in the party are unaware of reality. Their freedom is taken away because they are constantly watched and monitored. In Brave New World, I find many parallels. While the people were actually happy, they were genetically engineered to fit into their job occupation and be content with where they were placed in society. They were given soma to make them content in whatever situation they were in. While they were happy, it wasn't really real.

There are quite a few social parallels I can find between the texts thus far, which is exciting. I feel like I have a good basis of the books to write a thorough essay and find
Many points to talk about.

Okay and again I'm sorry this is late, but I really wanted to have fully read the essay before planning out what I want to talk about.... :)