Finally! The Start of Something New :)

In Brave New World, particularly in chapter 3, the passage demonstrates on how the society of this world is manipulating humans both genetically and psychologically. This society genetically engineers its embryos to fit some sort of purpose later on in life. The scientists of this world produce a certain number of smart people and a certain number of ‘dumb’ or ‘not so smart’ people so that the economic work force can always stay in balance. (For instance, the smart people become the scientists and the dumb people become the factory workers.) To a certain group of children, scientists classically condition their infants into hating books and flowers by giving them an electric shock every time they go to grab one of the two. This allows them to hate books, therefore they won’t accidentally become infatuated by books and fail to attain their true purpose in life; which was the only reason they were created.

“One hole produces a strong jet. However, many small holes produce calm streams of water.” This indicates that the mentality of this society believes that strong human emotion, whether it be inspired by family relationships, sex, and delayed satisfaction of desire, goes directly against stability and productivity. Without this stability, civilizations will cease to exist.

Furthermore, the date of the launch inauguration of the Model T by Henry Ford was chosen as the start of the new, production era. All the crosses had their tops cut off to make them look like ‘Ts’. Soon after, the new discovery of soma reached the shelves, and the problem of old age and suffering was solved; people could retain the mental and physical structure of their 30’s throughout their entire life span. Additionally, no one was allowed to sit alone and contemplate; no one was allowed “leisure from pleasure.”