Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
"The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization."
- Sigmund Freud
The society we live in should be safe, at to some extent should be controlled, but a decision such as casting or uniting people into groups has its effects on both the person and the society. Controlling what the individual thinks and does may seem like the proper solution to today's problems to some, but, as we all know, all actions have their consequences. Sigmund Freud stated the truth when he said that individualism was the greatest before there was any civilization. In order to make such a decision, a person must have their ability of free thought, and if so, what are their criteria of a perfect society? Also, …show more content…
the adult's mind too ... the mind that judges and desires and decides ... But all these suggestions are ... suggestions from the state!"
- The Director, Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World"
It is a communistic ideal that states that a society where everything is controlled by the government or some other political corporation is a safe society. What if this isn't true? What if the person who made the decision of a "safe" controlled society is in reality turning the society into their ideal version of a perfect society where they may be the only one gaining? A character referred to as The Director from a book called "Brave New World," written by Aldous Huxley, has the idea that no one can think on their own. All thought is made by the state.
If we have no freedom to be an individual, then how can we have any ambition to make anything of ourselves? In order to make such a safe society, people must conform and listen to and obey the commands of one entity as if they were their mission in life.
"Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than …show more content…
A controlled society may bring on the safety of people economically, but if we have no voice in what we must do or what must be done to us, then where is the pleasure of completing something? Isn't ambition an eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power? As you can see in "Brave New World," not one character wishes to become something better. They used hypnopedia to make sure that no one has the desire to become better that what they are. If ambition is the desire to achieve something, such as fame or power, then the pleasure of accomplishment that accompanies ambition, something in which in a controlled society, would never be felt by
- Sigmund Freud
The society we live in should be safe, at to some extent should be controlled, but a decision such as casting or uniting people into groups has its effects on both the person and the society. Controlling what the individual thinks and does may seem like the proper solution to today's problems to some, but, as we all know, all actions have their consequences. Sigmund Freud stated the truth when he said that individualism was the greatest before there was any civilization. In order to make such a decision, a person must have their ability of free thought, and if so, what are their criteria of a perfect society? Also, …show more content…
the adult's mind too ... the mind that judges and desires and decides ... But all these suggestions are ... suggestions from the state!"
- The Director, Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World"
It is a communistic ideal that states that a society where everything is controlled by the government or some other political corporation is a safe society. What if this isn't true? What if the person who made the decision of a "safe" controlled society is in reality turning the society into their ideal version of a perfect society where they may be the only one gaining? A character referred to as The Director from a book called "Brave New World," written by Aldous Huxley, has the idea that no one can think on their own. All thought is made by the state.
If we have no freedom to be an individual, then how can we have any ambition to make anything of ourselves? In order to make such a safe society, people must conform and listen to and obey the commands of one entity as if they were their mission in life.
"Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than …show more content…
A controlled society may bring on the safety of people economically, but if we have no voice in what we must do or what must be done to us, then where is the pleasure of completing something? Isn't ambition an eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power? As you can see in "Brave New World," not one character wishes to become something better. They used hypnopedia to make sure that no one has the desire to become better that what they are. If ambition is the desire to achieve something, such as fame or power, then the pleasure of accomplishment that accompanies ambition, something in which in a controlled society, would never be felt by