Brave New World: Compelling Quotes
Task 1 – Compelling Quotes (with parenthetical documentation and explanations)
1. ” ’But the Director’s old; lots of people are old; they’re not like that.’ ‘That’s because we don’t allow them to be like that. We preserve them from diseases. We keep their internal secretions artificially balanced at a youthful equilibrium...’“ (Huxley 110-111). In this excerpt it can be determined that Lenina is incapable of acknowledging the fact that people can appear physically aged. This is due to the reason that the World State does not allow it to happen through a series of scientific methods, which is meant to benefit the society.
2. “ ‘I ought to have been there… Why wouldn’t they let me be the sacrifice? I’d have gone round ten times---twelve, fifteen. Palowhtiwa only got as far as seven. They could have had twice as much blood from me’ “ (Huxley 116-117). Depending on where the person falls on the caste system, the idea of being a sacrifice can draw many contrasting opinions. Those who are fortunate enough to be either an Alpha or Beta find it absolutely repulsive whereas the Indians view it as a way to appease their gods and most importantly, themselves.
3. “ ‘Everybody belongs to every one else---don’t they? don’t …show more content…
Brave New World reinforces the idea of “Everybody [belonging] to every one else…” (Huxley 121) and this is evident by the atrocious conditioning each person is exposed to. As a result, regardless of one’s class, every one is content with the caste he/she is in and is oblivious to the restraint that was placed on him/her. Furthermore, the concept of isolation is meant to benefit the civilized people as it disconnects them from the living style of the Indians who are viewed as savages. This is disturbed when Bernard brings John and Linda into the Fertilizing Room with an ulterior motive of humiliating the Director, who John “… said in a clear voice: ‘My Father!’ “ (Huxley
1. ” ’But the Director’s old; lots of people are old; they’re not like that.’ ‘That’s because we don’t allow them to be like that. We preserve them from diseases. We keep their internal secretions artificially balanced at a youthful equilibrium...’“ (Huxley 110-111). In this excerpt it can be determined that Lenina is incapable of acknowledging the fact that people can appear physically aged. This is due to the reason that the World State does not allow it to happen through a series of scientific methods, which is meant to benefit the society.
2. “ ‘I ought to have been there… Why wouldn’t they let me be the sacrifice? I’d have gone round ten times---twelve, fifteen. Palowhtiwa only got as far as seven. They could have had twice as much blood from me’ “ (Huxley 116-117). Depending on where the person falls on the caste system, the idea of being a sacrifice can draw many contrasting opinions. Those who are fortunate enough to be either an Alpha or Beta find it absolutely repulsive whereas the Indians view it as a way to appease their gods and most importantly, themselves.
3. “ ‘Everybody belongs to every one else---don’t they? don’t …show more content…
Brave New World reinforces the idea of “Everybody [belonging] to every one else…” (Huxley 121) and this is evident by the atrocious conditioning each person is exposed to. As a result, regardless of one’s class, every one is content with the caste he/she is in and is oblivious to the restraint that was placed on him/her. Furthermore, the concept of isolation is meant to benefit the civilized people as it disconnects them from the living style of the Indians who are viewed as savages. This is disturbed when Bernard brings John and Linda into the Fertilizing Room with an ulterior motive of humiliating the Director, who John “… said in a clear voice: ‘My Father!’ “ (Huxley