The idea of being human is nonexistent in Adulous Huxley’s Brave New World. Rather than experiencing natural accomplishments or events, the citizens are now just taking soma to feel good. The things in life that only bring momentary happiness, are what are emphasized in this society. One does not have a, dare I say the word?, long-term relationship with anyone. Families, who needs them? People in society have been designed to know what they want, to want simple things, and to know the exact way they should achieve this. They have been told what to feel since early childhood through a constant stream of brainwashing tapes played in their sleep. They have been conditioned to believe that all the impulses, feelings, and desires they have are indeed natural, but even more, they are to be expended as much as possible in the most basic and easiest ways possible. “Everywhere exclusiveness, a narrow channeling of energy and impulse” The society is based on impulsive actions, no complex thought whatsoever. Why? Because these thing rob productivity, and that is the goal of the society that worships the epitome of productivity, Ford. If one is to truly feel any sort of human emotion, one will became distracted halting the assembly line, slowing down the machine. The complexity of the relationships, the emotion one must expend to maintain these relationships, it is all seen as too many limitations on mankind. How can one get what they want when they want if they held back by a relationship? & that’s what I’m throwin’
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