This essay is already sressing me out and its not even due for another week! I still am not quite sure what im writing about so this is pretty much rambling
I was reading through alot of peoples's blogs and I think one the more interesting views on this book is that people believe the society is absolutely opposite from ours. Im kinda realizing our society is really similiar to BNW in alot of ways. For example, we all think its horrible the people are conditioned to just buy and buy but our own society is very much based on commercialism. Look at how many people have gaming systems like playstation and x-box and whatnot. They're constantly coming out with new systems and new games so instead of buying one and just enjoying it we buy the new system the moment we can. Ipods are even worse! They're coming out with a new ipod semi-annually now and apple stops selling anything but the newest generation. The same thing goes for cloths. How many people actually know how to sew and will mend a ripped shirt? Most people just toss it and replace it with a new one. Granted we're not nearly as conditioned as the people in BNW but we're still constantly bombarded with advertisements pushing us to buy. Open any magazine and theres ads for clothes, hair, make-up, shoes perfume, anything. Even reading through most magazines one just learns about the latest fashion trends and the must have pieces for fall. Face it, we're just as commercialistic as BNW.
Thats just something i noticed, maybe i'll put it in my essay, if i figure out what it's gonna be about
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Brave New World Thesis
So I am not quite sure what I want my thesis to be for Brave New World and I really do not know how I am going to reach 300 words so I apologize for the pointless rambling that is my blog.
I’m thinking the main point of any essay I write on Brave New World would have to involve drawing parallels between our world and Huxley’s because I really do believe Huxley’s ultimate goal for writing this book was to show how our society could easily turn into a totalitarian (but pretty cool) society. If I were to go with this idea I also think it would be good to compare the Brave New World society to the one in 1984 because really both societies are under the influence of the same evils. Both societies are rigorously controlled by their governments through the use of propaganda (big brother is watching you and hypnaedia) and manipulation of reality ( ministry of truth and conditioning). The only difference is 1984 made fear and hatred the primary emotion of all its inhabitants while Brave New World makes everyone happy, whether they like it or not. I guess another difference would also be that 1984 keeps a stable economy and society through the use of constant warfare to continually consume products while Brave New World promotes the epitome of consumerism.
Ahh I’m off topic. Okay so as far as drawing parallels between Brave New World and reality I think we are most like that world in that we also heavily promote consumerism. Granted it’s not our government promoting it its businesses and corporations but it’s still a huge similarity. Another parallel would be Fordism and Christianity, they’re both the primary religions, they’re both meant to make people feel like they’re a part of something bigger whether it be an omnipotent, omniscient being or the economy, and they’re both used to instill a set of beliefs that followers must live by if they don’t wish to be sent to an island, or in Christianity’s case, hell. I can’t think of any others but I will later
Sooo I never really stated my thesis but this got me thinking about the essay at least. And yay! I’m at 375 words.
I’m thinking the main point of any essay I write on Brave New World would have to involve drawing parallels between our world and Huxley’s because I really do believe Huxley’s ultimate goal for writing this book was to show how our society could easily turn into a totalitarian (but pretty cool) society. If I were to go with this idea I also think it would be good to compare the Brave New World society to the one in 1984 because really both societies are under the influence of the same evils. Both societies are rigorously controlled by their governments through the use of propaganda (big brother is watching you and hypnaedia) and manipulation of reality ( ministry of truth and conditioning). The only difference is 1984 made fear and hatred the primary emotion of all its inhabitants while Brave New World makes everyone happy, whether they like it or not. I guess another difference would also be that 1984 keeps a stable economy and society through the use of constant warfare to continually consume products while Brave New World promotes the epitome of consumerism.
Ahh I’m off topic. Okay so as far as drawing parallels between Brave New World and reality I think we are most like that world in that we also heavily promote consumerism. Granted it’s not our government promoting it its businesses and corporations but it’s still a huge similarity. Another parallel would be Fordism and Christianity, they’re both the primary religions, they’re both meant to make people feel like they’re a part of something bigger whether it be an omnipotent, omniscient being or the economy, and they’re both used to instill a set of beliefs that followers must live by if they don’t wish to be sent to an island, or in Christianity’s case, hell. I can’t think of any others but I will later
Sooo I never really stated my thesis but this got me thinking about the essay at least. And yay! I’m at 375 words.
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