Connections between Brave New World and Utopia:
The connections between Brave New World and Utopia include wanting to make every one the same, though in BNW this similarity is by class. Both societies are about the good of the society. They do have some differences. In BNW marriage is illegal while in Utopia it was what was wanted. In BNW they wanted to keep different people away from each other and in Utopia everyone had to help each other.
What is good about BNW:
In BNW I like how they make everyone like what they are doing. The government wanted everyone to have a good like, even if it would really be boring to others. I thought that was a good idea for everyone.
One thing that troubles me:
The one thing that troubled me the most was how they condition the babies with electric shock. I could barely read this part of the book, and it almost made me sick to think about. This is a form of punishment and harsh conditioning. I wish they would come up with another way to condition their children.
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Indeed everyone is separated by class in BNW, but they are supposed to be helping the society as a whole, like those in Utopia.
Everyone should have a good life, and what they have is a good life. A good life that has been construed by the World Controllers. They are taught to hate things that others may like only so they can work all day to better the world around them. They are not at all in control of their life. Bernard often catches Lenina repeating phrases that she learns through hypnopaedia, so she does not have much if any free will. Free will rules! Hurting babies does not rule. Blech!
A lot of what you thought is what I agreed with. For example, I also hated the shock therapy they used on the babies. This is cruel and it made me cringe when I read it. Also, making everyone like the job they did I also think is a good idea. Having to dumb people down to do a certain job is not necessesarily the best thing, but at least everyone's happy.
I didn't even consider how everyone liked what they were doing for a good thing about the novel. I guess thinking about that, you are correct. As much as us the readers may not enjoy reading what is going on in these societies, at least they are enjoying themselves...but it's probably because they do not know any better as they were brainwashed as little children.
I agree with you on the shocking of the children to condition them to hate such things as books and flowers. Being someone that is afraid of electricity, I would absolutely hate anyone doing that to me.
You showed a lot of the similar comparisons/differences between Utopia and Brave New World that I did. I hate no one being allowed to be an individual and only thriving off of others.
If I were going to be an Epsilon Semi-Moron, how would I feel about electro shocked? I wouldn't care because I was probably drunk in the cradle. And I would love what I was doing and never want to be anything other than an Epsilon! Whee!
Making someone exactly the required person to enjoy their job would require many negatives such as loss of liberity, individuality, etc., but the text provides pretty convicingly that this type of reproduction and conditioning is necessary in order to have a socialistic society such as BNW.
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