Brave New World

Brave New World |

Professor Esteban Hernandez |

Jinny Rosario |

This book starts out in London with everything being sort Utopian like. Everyone is happy because there are enough resources to go around and there is only a limited amount of people. Alpha is the highest and Beta is of the lowest class. All the children are educated in a certain way that meets the leaders’ standards. Everything including humans is built for easy living. Then there is the drug Soma which makes them hallucinate and takes them on a sort of PCP trip, yet it’s hangover-free. It’s self-medicated for comfort which takes out the need for religion. Sex is a social activity but they don’t reproduce from it, except for a few who have to use birth control in a form of a belt like a fashion accessory. “Everyone belongs to everyone else” is often repeated, this is what keeps the world happy supposedly. There are no relationships because children are made up, and they are not allowed to talk about marriage or natural birth or Everything is organize a certain way there not allowed to spend time alone or even be different. John is a celebrity. People die at the age of 60 but live lives young and healthy. Death is nothing to be scared of like it is in our world. There not related so nobody mourns when someone dies. They are told what their job is and are taught to perfect it. They receive the same food, housing and soma (the drug). They get together in solidarity services, do soma, become hypnotized, and overly sexual. The world state is just wonderful. Lenia is a normal woman. Bernard is a man psychologist but he’s more of an outcast. Bernard is short compared to the rest of his Alpha group. He sleep-teaches tells people phrases in their sleep so they can wake up believing it. He notices people are being told what to do their whole lives. He’s like an advocate about being different. He doesn’t take soma anymore just to be himself. Lenia is shyer she questions things a lot. Bernard only has one...