Fault In Our Stars
By Kristina-Lundberg
Nov 30, 2014
1812 Words
Quote
Page Number
Kristina Lundberg
English 3, p1
Fault in Our Stars part 1
Comments
“The World State’s motto,
Community, Identity, Stability.”
3
This motto is mentioned first
thing, which suggests that it is
going to be very important for the
rest of the structure of the book.
The main issues might focus
around how the government
controls Community, Identity, and
Stability
“In this year of stability, A.F
632…”
4
This is the first hint that there is
no God in this society. Instead of
A.D (year of our lord or Anno
Domini) they replace Domini with
Ford. Also, through this you can
see that the government is in
control because stability is part of
their motto, and it describes this
year as “stable”.
(My Father had to explain this to
me)
“Begin at the beginning”
5
The director is referencing the
beginning of the process to make
human beings, but it is also the
beginning of the book. This also
sets up an order of events that
happens in the story. (beginning,
middle, and end) I believe the
director will cover the entire
human life, and perhaps at the
end of the book one of the main
character dies. This quote also
shows the assembly like idea of the
process of hatching humans.
“The operation undergone
voluntarily for the good of society,
not to mention the fact that it
carries a bonus amounting to six
months’ salary”
5
The director is talking to his
students. The quote is ironic
because the citizens are
brainwashed to do everything for
the good of society, so really they
don’t do it voluntarily because
they didn’t choose, their
conditioning has.
“Straight from the horse’s
mouth…”
4
This suggests that the Director’s
word is the truth, or at least what
the students believe as the truth.
They will follow him
unconditionally. I bet if he asked
them to jump off a cliff for society,
they would do it because
“everyone belongs to Everyone
Else”. This also shows that they
have no ideas of their own, they
just trust the government to tell
them the wrongs and rights of the
world. I wonder how this affects
science, and literature where you
need to have your own thoughts in
order for it to progress.
“But one of the students was fool
enough to ask where the advantage
lay…. Bokanovsky’s Process is one
of the major instruments of social
stability!.
7
This shows what happens to
people that question the methods
of society. They get laughed at,
and their ideas are crushed as best
as possible by the government.
“Ford knew what.”
The replacement of god inter
changed with Ford suggests that
the society in this setting does not
need a god. This may be because
everything is stable, and therefore
there is no suffering, if there is no
suffering, than there is no need for
comfort from a larger idea, such
as god. By removing religion, they
also effectively removed any ties
someone might have to god, or to
the community of their church.
This enforces the idea of stability.
They might even worship Ford
himself for creating their world.
"And that," put in the Director
sententiously, "that is the secret of
happiness and virtue— liking what
you’ve got to do. All conditioning
aims at that: making people like
their inescapable social destiny."
16
The Director in chapter 1. After
genetic engineering, social
conditioning is the most important
way for the government to enslave
its people. The different caste
members are conditioned to never
yearn for a life other than their
own. This is the second major
instrument of social stability. It
keep the citizens in their place. If
all their instruments of social
stability broke, the people
wouldn’t know what to do.
“Moral Education, which ought
never, in any circumstances, to be
rational”
26
The Director is talking about how
they teach the children in their
sleep the morals of the world. The
director is saying something else,
but from my view Aldous Huxley
is saying that the morals that are
taught to these citizens are
irrational, for example they
should wear a certain color
because they are a certain class.
However, this idea that fashion
defines who you is startlingly
similar to our world today. Just
look at all of the fashion trends
that we feel we need to follow
because everyone else is doing it.
"Imagine the folly of allowing
people to play elaborate games
which do nothing whatever to
increase consumption. It’s
madness. Nowadays the Controllers
won’t approve of any new game
unless it can be shown that it
requires at least as much apparatus
as the most complicated of existing
games."
31
The Director says this in chapter
3. Like all other aspects of the
citizens world, it is controlled by
the government. These games are
not really for people to have fun,
and socialize, but rather to
improve the productivity of the
world. If we added this idea to our
video game system, that many
teenagers seem to be obsessed
with, then we could get a whole lot
done.
“History is bunk."
34
The Director in chapter 3. With
no God or other divine morals, the
past is regarded as backward and
detrimental. History would be a
personal connection, and the
government removes all of that, so
basically there is no history….
(yay no having to study U. S
History anymore)
“Four months of Henry Foster,
without having another man…”
41
Fanny is astonished that Lenina
would go out with a man for such
a long period of time. This is
abnormal in society because their
brainwashing has trained them to
have a day to a week flings. The
government has taught them this
because the world controllers do
not want the people to gain
relationships. By having
relationships it would upset the
stability that they are currently in
because the relationship would
come before the “greater good”
“Mother, monogamy, romance.
High spurts the fountain; fierce
41
This sets up three of the main
issues in this book; Mother
and foamy the wild jet. The urge
has but a single outlet. My love, my
baby. No wonder those poor
premoderns were mad and wicked
and miserable. Their world didn’t
allow them to take things easily,
didn’t allow them to be sane,
virtuous, happy. What with mothers
and lovers, what with the
prohibitions they were not
conditioned to obey, what with the
temptations and the lonely
remorses, what with all the diseases
and the endless isolating pain, what
with the uncertainties and the
poverty—they were forced to feel
strongly. And feeling strongly (and
strongly, what was more, in
solitude, in hopelessly individual
isolation), how could they be
stable?”
(parenting), monogamy
(relationships), and romance.
Mustapha says that by getting rid
of these things the world will be
stable, but John’s main point is
feeling strongly about something is
the most important thing. So,
obviously they have a clash of
views.
“Charming Boys! Still, she did wish 56
that George Edzel’s weren’t quite
so big (perhaps he had been given a
spot too much parathyroid at Metre
328?). And looking at Benito
Hoover, she couldn’t help
remembering that he was really too
hairy when he took his clothes off.”
This introduces the idea that
there are still flaws in the system,
not everyone is a perfect example
of their class. It also shows that
there are outsiders to the system
as well. I bet that there will be
more characters with flaws
coming up in the book, which is
why they introduced it now. The
flaws might cause them to see
their society differently.
"Wheels must turn steadily, but
cannot turn untended. There must
be men to tend them, men as steady
as the wheels upon their axles, sane
men, obedient men, stable in
contentment."
Mustapha Mond in chapter 3.
This is the justification for
totalitarian government. The
reasoning is that government, not
individuals, know best. So, the
government, like an
overprotective mother, chooses
what the “kids” wear, eat, do, and
every other miniscule activity in
their life. These “kids” won’t be
able to evolve, and then the world
will be forever stuck in the
“stable” stage, but won’t progress.
“Go away, little girl….suffer
56
little children, said the controller.”
Mustapha is alluding to the bible
where Jesus says, “Suffer the little
children to come unto me,” when
his companions are trying to send
the children away. The director is
telling the children to leave
Mustapha alone. This subtly
suggests that the Director views
Mustapha as god, or a high up as
god.
but queer that Alphas and Betas
won’t make any more plants grow
than those nasty little Gammas and
Deltas and Epsilons down there.”
74
Lenina voices her thoughts about
phosphorous recovery. This is an
interesting thought because even
though during life an Alpha is
more important than an Epsilon,
at the end they are all equal. Later
Henry says, “All men are
physicchemically equal,” which is
alluding to “all are created equal”.
Maybe, one of these characters
will find out that they aren’t just
chemically equal, but physically as
well.
“but the only thing he could think
of was Morgana’s eyebrow”
86
This world is not perfect if
outward appearances can distract
someone from focusing on a
bigger picture. It also shows that
there could be flaws in their
assembly line productions because
Morgana is not as pretty as she
should be. Perhaps the rumors
about alcohol in Bernard’s blood
surrogate is true. Also, attraction
and repulsion are feelings that
nature creates. So if Bernard is
having these feelings then perhaps
nature is still around, no matter
how hard he is conditioned.
“Myself and nasty . Not somebody
else, however jolly.”
89
Bernard refuses soma because he
believes the drug won’t only
change the way you act, but it will
make you into a whole different
person. He is not fooled by the
governments sleep teaching
methods. By him defying this
small thing, he is also in a way
defying the government; I wonder
what happens to people that do?
He might get reconditioned to
become an Epsilon minus… that
wouldn’t be fun.
“No, the real problem is: How is it
that I can’t, or rather—because,
after all, I know quite well why I
can’t—what would it be like if I
could, if I were free—not enslaved
by my conditioning.”
91
Bernard talks about how he
wishes he weren’t part of the
system. Which makes the reader
look at him as a unique individual,
instead of a piece of the assembly
line. This may be a foreshadow to
what’s coming up. Perhaps, he
finds a way to break away from
the government. Also, he is
grasping for a bigger idea, but he
hasn’t quite reached it yet, just
like Benito Hoover.
Page Number
Kristina Lundberg
English 3, p1
Fault in Our Stars part 1
Comments
“The World State’s motto,
Community, Identity, Stability.”
3
This motto is mentioned first
thing, which suggests that it is
going to be very important for the
rest of the structure of the book.
The main issues might focus
around how the government
controls Community, Identity, and
Stability
“In this year of stability, A.F
632…”
4
This is the first hint that there is
no God in this society. Instead of
A.D (year of our lord or Anno
Domini) they replace Domini with
Ford. Also, through this you can
see that the government is in
control because stability is part of
their motto, and it describes this
year as “stable”.
(My Father had to explain this to
me)
“Begin at the beginning”
5
The director is referencing the
beginning of the process to make
human beings, but it is also the
beginning of the book. This also
sets up an order of events that
happens in the story. (beginning,
middle, and end) I believe the
director will cover the entire
human life, and perhaps at the
end of the book one of the main
character dies. This quote also
shows the assembly like idea of the
process of hatching humans.
“The operation undergone
voluntarily for the good of society,
not to mention the fact that it
carries a bonus amounting to six
months’ salary”
5
The director is talking to his
students. The quote is ironic
because the citizens are
brainwashed to do everything for
the good of society, so really they
don’t do it voluntarily because
they didn’t choose, their
conditioning has.
“Straight from the horse’s
mouth…”
4
This suggests that the Director’s
word is the truth, or at least what
the students believe as the truth.
They will follow him
unconditionally. I bet if he asked
them to jump off a cliff for society,
they would do it because
“everyone belongs to Everyone
Else”. This also shows that they
have no ideas of their own, they
just trust the government to tell
them the wrongs and rights of the
world. I wonder how this affects
science, and literature where you
need to have your own thoughts in
order for it to progress.
“But one of the students was fool
enough to ask where the advantage
lay…. Bokanovsky’s Process is one
of the major instruments of social
stability!.
7
This shows what happens to
people that question the methods
of society. They get laughed at,
and their ideas are crushed as best
as possible by the government.
“Ford knew what.”
The replacement of god inter
changed with Ford suggests that
the society in this setting does not
need a god. This may be because
everything is stable, and therefore
there is no suffering, if there is no
suffering, than there is no need for
comfort from a larger idea, such
as god. By removing religion, they
also effectively removed any ties
someone might have to god, or to
the community of their church.
This enforces the idea of stability.
They might even worship Ford
himself for creating their world.
"And that," put in the Director
sententiously, "that is the secret of
happiness and virtue— liking what
you’ve got to do. All conditioning
aims at that: making people like
their inescapable social destiny."
16
The Director in chapter 1. After
genetic engineering, social
conditioning is the most important
way for the government to enslave
its people. The different caste
members are conditioned to never
yearn for a life other than their
own. This is the second major
instrument of social stability. It
keep the citizens in their place. If
all their instruments of social
stability broke, the people
wouldn’t know what to do.
“Moral Education, which ought
never, in any circumstances, to be
rational”
26
The Director is talking about how
they teach the children in their
sleep the morals of the world. The
director is saying something else,
but from my view Aldous Huxley
is saying that the morals that are
taught to these citizens are
irrational, for example they
should wear a certain color
because they are a certain class.
However, this idea that fashion
defines who you is startlingly
similar to our world today. Just
look at all of the fashion trends
that we feel we need to follow
because everyone else is doing it.
"Imagine the folly of allowing
people to play elaborate games
which do nothing whatever to
increase consumption. It’s
madness. Nowadays the Controllers
won’t approve of any new game
unless it can be shown that it
requires at least as much apparatus
as the most complicated of existing
games."
31
The Director says this in chapter
3. Like all other aspects of the
citizens world, it is controlled by
the government. These games are
not really for people to have fun,
and socialize, but rather to
improve the productivity of the
world. If we added this idea to our
video game system, that many
teenagers seem to be obsessed
with, then we could get a whole lot
done.
“History is bunk."
34
The Director in chapter 3. With
no God or other divine morals, the
past is regarded as backward and
detrimental. History would be a
personal connection, and the
government removes all of that, so
basically there is no history….
(yay no having to study U. S
History anymore)
“Four months of Henry Foster,
without having another man…”
41
Fanny is astonished that Lenina
would go out with a man for such
a long period of time. This is
abnormal in society because their
brainwashing has trained them to
have a day to a week flings. The
government has taught them this
because the world controllers do
not want the people to gain
relationships. By having
relationships it would upset the
stability that they are currently in
because the relationship would
come before the “greater good”
“Mother, monogamy, romance.
High spurts the fountain; fierce
41
This sets up three of the main
issues in this book; Mother
and foamy the wild jet. The urge
has but a single outlet. My love, my
baby. No wonder those poor
premoderns were mad and wicked
and miserable. Their world didn’t
allow them to take things easily,
didn’t allow them to be sane,
virtuous, happy. What with mothers
and lovers, what with the
prohibitions they were not
conditioned to obey, what with the
temptations and the lonely
remorses, what with all the diseases
and the endless isolating pain, what
with the uncertainties and the
poverty—they were forced to feel
strongly. And feeling strongly (and
strongly, what was more, in
solitude, in hopelessly individual
isolation), how could they be
stable?”
(parenting), monogamy
(relationships), and romance.
Mustapha says that by getting rid
of these things the world will be
stable, but John’s main point is
feeling strongly about something is
the most important thing. So,
obviously they have a clash of
views.
“Charming Boys! Still, she did wish 56
that George Edzel’s weren’t quite
so big (perhaps he had been given a
spot too much parathyroid at Metre
328?). And looking at Benito
Hoover, she couldn’t help
remembering that he was really too
hairy when he took his clothes off.”
This introduces the idea that
there are still flaws in the system,
not everyone is a perfect example
of their class. It also shows that
there are outsiders to the system
as well. I bet that there will be
more characters with flaws
coming up in the book, which is
why they introduced it now. The
flaws might cause them to see
their society differently.
"Wheels must turn steadily, but
cannot turn untended. There must
be men to tend them, men as steady
as the wheels upon their axles, sane
men, obedient men, stable in
contentment."
Mustapha Mond in chapter 3.
This is the justification for
totalitarian government. The
reasoning is that government, not
individuals, know best. So, the
government, like an
overprotective mother, chooses
what the “kids” wear, eat, do, and
every other miniscule activity in
their life. These “kids” won’t be
able to evolve, and then the world
will be forever stuck in the
“stable” stage, but won’t progress.
“Go away, little girl….suffer
56
little children, said the controller.”
Mustapha is alluding to the bible
where Jesus says, “Suffer the little
children to come unto me,” when
his companions are trying to send
the children away. The director is
telling the children to leave
Mustapha alone. This subtly
suggests that the Director views
Mustapha as god, or a high up as
god.
but queer that Alphas and Betas
won’t make any more plants grow
than those nasty little Gammas and
Deltas and Epsilons down there.”
74
Lenina voices her thoughts about
phosphorous recovery. This is an
interesting thought because even
though during life an Alpha is
more important than an Epsilon,
at the end they are all equal. Later
Henry says, “All men are
physicchemically equal,” which is
alluding to “all are created equal”.
Maybe, one of these characters
will find out that they aren’t just
chemically equal, but physically as
well.
“but the only thing he could think
of was Morgana’s eyebrow”
86
This world is not perfect if
outward appearances can distract
someone from focusing on a
bigger picture. It also shows that
there could be flaws in their
assembly line productions because
Morgana is not as pretty as she
should be. Perhaps the rumors
about alcohol in Bernard’s blood
surrogate is true. Also, attraction
and repulsion are feelings that
nature creates. So if Bernard is
having these feelings then perhaps
nature is still around, no matter
how hard he is conditioned.
“Myself and nasty . Not somebody
else, however jolly.”
89
Bernard refuses soma because he
believes the drug won’t only
change the way you act, but it will
make you into a whole different
person. He is not fooled by the
governments sleep teaching
methods. By him defying this
small thing, he is also in a way
defying the government; I wonder
what happens to people that do?
He might get reconditioned to
become an Epsilon minus… that
wouldn’t be fun.
“No, the real problem is: How is it
that I can’t, or rather—because,
after all, I know quite well why I
can’t—what would it be like if I
could, if I were free—not enslaved
by my conditioning.”
91
Bernard talks about how he
wishes he weren’t part of the
system. Which makes the reader
look at him as a unique individual,
instead of a piece of the assembly
line. This may be a foreshadow to
what’s coming up. Perhaps, he
finds a way to break away from
the government. Also, he is
grasping for a bigger idea, but he
hasn’t quite reached it yet, just
like Benito Hoover.