The connection that i made between Utopia and Brave New World is that both has a specific organization to it. In both books, there are rules and a certain way of life that civilized people have to follow. People don't question it and just live their lives. Another connection is that the citizens in both books have productive lives. Everyone has their own part in society and keep themselves busy doing something.
Some positive aspects of Brave New World is the new medicines that they invented. They prevent people from having diseases, signs of aging, and drugs that produce pleasurable effects yet having no side effects. Even though the person has to be a test tube baby to prevent getting diseases and have signs of aging, its pretty remarkable. One of the other cool things in this world would definitely have to be the "feely" TV. it would definitely be pretty interesting.
One thing that troubles me about this world is that everyone is okay with how they were born. How in the beginning babies were purposely deprived of oxygen and given alcohol to be made lesser of others. Then how they gone through hypnopaedia causing certain things such as them hating certain people without knowing why they hate them. It's just strange that no one challenges this operation.
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Good work, John.
I like how you worded it "keeping themselves busy" because it seems like that is exactly what the government is doing, keeping everyone busy to keep them from learning, thinking, or growing. Yeah, it is weird that every is okay with the fact that they are "grown" or "produced" that seems so generic. Lovely post, John!
I agree with your statement about everybody has their part in society. This is always going to be true, though, because they create people to have a specific part in society. I also thought the feely tv was an awesome idea. Maybe we should work on making happen by the time we graduate and can sell it? Then we could be success stories without going to college!
I agree with you in the part that every person is productive. Unlike in society today no one is unemployed or just lazy and sitting at home. The fact that there is no disease in Brave New World is simply amazing who would not want to live there just for that simple fact. And John the "feely" TV does sound interesting. I do not approve of perposely causing children to be slower than others, I cannot see how others would approve either.
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