Brave New World- Would we want it? Do we have it?

Later in the embryo's life once it has become a young child it is the subject of countless conditioning techniques this consist of sleep-teaching (while the child is asleep it has a tape played to him/her this teaches them. But if they are asked something about what was on the tape they will merely quote it not really knowing what it means.) Another technique is conditioning them from liking books and nature etc... this was an example of what happened earlier in the book. At the beginning of chapter two we have an example of this process, where the children start crawling towards some books and flowers but when they reach the items they are shocked by an electric grid and alarmed by loud sirens.

There is one more aspect of the conditioning of the inhabitants, which is the caste system these are the different classes of the people, which everyone is subject to. (Except the savages.) This included classes between alpha-pluses to the epsilon semi-moron, with alpha pluses begin the intelligence of the community this caste will do jobs like running the country and leading company's. While the dimmer side of the community (Epsilon semi-morons) will do jobs like operating lifts and simple repetitive jobs. Everyone is born to do their pre-destined job and when they start their job they couldn't be happier to do it.

That brings on another point of this society is that everyone has to be happy. This is maintained by the free use of anti-depressants one drug that they all use is called soma. This drug seems like a drug similar to Prozac but often when mixed with certain music can cause the users to become 'hypnotised' and act like they are all dumb "You can carry at least half of your morality about in a bottle". This rule that everyone has to be happy (to keep stabilisation) brings us on to even more points about this community, their attitudes to anything that can cause people to be unhappy (Relationships, art, God, Death). In Brave New World the average time people would date each other is about three to four months this is so there are no long-term relationships, which can bring about sadness in the long run. Instead they have casual relationships. The Citizens of this community are conditioned in to thinking art is destructive to the community because it causes people to have emotions.

God is also taken away from the community because the bible teaches people that they aren't the property of anyone but themselves as Mond point's out to John. In chapter sixteen where Mond and John are talking about God, Mond says "Christianity without tears that's what Soma is." Brave New World has ejected religion just because it may cause some arguments, but a community need evil to survive (The Ying-Yang). Since Mond had created the rules of the 'New World he could ignore the rules so he was not subject to them for instance he kept a cupboard in a safe full of past belongings (Bibles, other religious literature and anything that wasn't permitted anymore.)

Of course we are no way near having a society quiet like Brave New Worlds. Yes we have the technology, which lets us clone people, but our society lets people choose their own life and it is lived out to how they want (to a certain extent.) More and more everyday we do start to get towards this sort of community. Relationships are failing more and short-term relationships seem "in fashion" more than meaningful relationships. Less people are bothered about religion than what they used to because they are tied up in work. More and more people are on anti-depressants than the past couple of decades. so in this I conclude that our community is on the way but still far, far away from Brave New World's.