BNW questions : 1. What was Huxley getting at by making John hang himself?
2. Are the fallouts Huxley describes worth the utopia?
BNW and 1984: If people were given the choice to live in 1984's society or Brave New World's society, what would the majority choose? Why?
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Brave New World 2
Questions : 1. Will soma run out and if so what will happen to the people.
2. Why is Bernard bringing John the Savage into One State?
3. Why does the One State let people go to the reservation?
I think that soma will run out, and as a result it will cause chaos throughout the One State. Everyone in the One State has used soma their whole lives to deal with their problems, so if soma runs out they will not know what to do or how to handle the problem. For example after seeing what went on at the reservation Lenina "Lenina felt herself entitled...to a complete and absolute holiday. ...she swallowed six half-gramme tablets of soma, lay down on her bed, and within ten minutes had embarked for lunar eternity." In the One State people are dependent on soma just as they are dependent on food and water. If soma runs out the One State will collapse.
At first, I thought that Bernard's intentions for bringing John to One State was for the better of them both. Bernard wishes to help John and introduce him to the Director, who has a stong chance of being John's father. However, Bernard gets caught up in the fame of bringing the Savage to One State and does not want to lose it. One instance of this, is when Bernard plans to bring John to a party with him to increase his (Bernard) fame. When John refuses to come, Bernard talks to John about how he had turned people against him. I think that as time goes on Bernard does not want to help John, he wants to use John so he can move up in the world.
The reason that the One State lets people go to the reservation is to increase their love for their easy lives. It is a way of saying "look how easy it is in the One State, you are lucky to be here."Letting people go to the reservation benefits the One State. Since the Alphas and Alpha Pluses are the only ones allowed to go, all the lesser classes believe what they say, since the other classes have the mindset that Alphas know what they're talking about. The concept of living like the people on the reservation makes the people of the One State shiver. On the reservation they couldn't have soma, a thought that is to outlandish for them to consider.
2. Why is Bernard bringing John the Savage into One State?
3. Why does the One State let people go to the reservation?
I think that soma will run out, and as a result it will cause chaos throughout the One State. Everyone in the One State has used soma their whole lives to deal with their problems, so if soma runs out they will not know what to do or how to handle the problem. For example after seeing what went on at the reservation Lenina "Lenina felt herself entitled...to a complete and absolute holiday. ...she swallowed six half-gramme tablets of soma, lay down on her bed, and within ten minutes had embarked for lunar eternity." In the One State people are dependent on soma just as they are dependent on food and water. If soma runs out the One State will collapse.
At first, I thought that Bernard's intentions for bringing John to One State was for the better of them both. Bernard wishes to help John and introduce him to the Director, who has a stong chance of being John's father. However, Bernard gets caught up in the fame of bringing the Savage to One State and does not want to lose it. One instance of this, is when Bernard plans to bring John to a party with him to increase his (Bernard) fame. When John refuses to come, Bernard talks to John about how he had turned people against him. I think that as time goes on Bernard does not want to help John, he wants to use John so he can move up in the world.
The reason that the One State lets people go to the reservation is to increase their love for their easy lives. It is a way of saying "look how easy it is in the One State, you are lucky to be here."Letting people go to the reservation benefits the One State. Since the Alphas and Alpha Pluses are the only ones allowed to go, all the lesser classes believe what they say, since the other classes have the mindset that Alphas know what they're talking about. The concept of living like the people on the reservation makes the people of the One State shiver. On the reservation they couldn't have soma, a thought that is to outlandish for them to consider.
Brave New World 1
There is an equality among the people. The class system, although we may think it unfair, is perfectly sensible and alright to the people in it. They have created equality by everyone being content in there own class and by no one wanting to switch classes, because they have been trained to think that way. An example of this is Beta children, they think "Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm really awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't want to work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Because they wear black, which is such a beastly color. I'm so glad I'm a Beta."Even though that wouldn't be considered equality in our world, it creates a sense of equality in their world.
The strict schedule and the classes eradicate peoples' choice. Lower classes work to make life easier for the higher classes while the higher classes have fun all the time but without the ability to make life decisions. This eradicates conflict, and it erases the concept of religion because no one thinks of having a religion.
Happiness is forced through the training/conditioning of children and the constant routine. Since birth people have been trained to think that they have a perfect life and they are always happy. If someone starts to feel unhappy, they just take a soma and feel happy again.
It is currently a utopia because everything is working fine, and no one is trying to rebell. Also, everyone is happy (the people that are in the class system that is) and think that the world is perfect, Bernard being the lone exception. It could become a dsytopia very easily though because the government controls everything.
The strict schedule and the classes eradicate peoples' choice. Lower classes work to make life easier for the higher classes while the higher classes have fun all the time but without the ability to make life decisions. This eradicates conflict, and it erases the concept of religion because no one thinks of having a religion.
Happiness is forced through the training/conditioning of children and the constant routine. Since birth people have been trained to think that they have a perfect life and they are always happy. If someone starts to feel unhappy, they just take a soma and feel happy again.
It is currently a utopia because everything is working fine, and no one is trying to rebell. Also, everyone is happy (the people that are in the class system that is) and think that the world is perfect, Bernard being the lone exception. It could become a dsytopia very easily though because the government controls everything.
1984 Reading Journal Part 3
Big Brother has won. When Winston tried to rebel and join the Brotherhood with Julia, the thought police captured and tortured him. They tortured him so much that Winston actually believed and agreed with all of the Party's slogans and views. As sad as it is to say, I do not think the One State can be brought down. They have too much control to overpower. The One State controls what people do, what they eat, how they live, and heck, even how they think. Plus, everyone who has thought of rebelling has ben caught, tortured into agreeing with the one state, or they are vaporized. It is that simple, the One State controls all.
At the end of the book I think that Winston succumbs to the One State. He gave in to all the torturing and now is a devoted Party member. Winston was so scared of the rats that he would do anything to get out of that situatuion, even if it hurt Julia. "And perhaps you might pretend, afterwards, that it was only a trick and that you just said it to make them stop and didn’t really mean it. But that isn’t true. At the time when it happens you do mean it. You think there’s no other way of saving yourself and you’re quite ready to save yourself that way. You want it to happen to the other person. You don’t give a damn what they suffer. All you care about is yourself."
At the end of the book I think that Winston succumbs to the One State. He gave in to all the torturing and now is a devoted Party member. Winston was so scared of the rats that he would do anything to get out of that situatuion, even if it hurt Julia. "And perhaps you might pretend, afterwards, that it was only a trick and that you just said it to make them stop and didn’t really mean it. But that isn’t true. At the time when it happens you do mean it. You think there’s no other way of saving yourself and you’re quite ready to save yourself that way. You want it to happen to the other person. You don’t give a damn what they suffer. All you care about is yourself."
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Communist Utopia
1. The darkness and gloominess indicates communism. Also the dead tree and the cracked walls indicate it. Finally, everything is gray except for eyeballs and redbricks and the eyeballs are always watching.
2. He views it as a dreery, glum life. It seem like he had everything to be sad and kind of a gray, monotonous lifestyle.
3. The title "Communist Utopia" is the fullness or ultimate communism in a communist's eyes. It doesn't mean perfect life, it means a perfect communist society.
2. He views it as a dreery, glum life. It seem like he had everything to be sad and kind of a gray, monotonous lifestyle.
3. The title "Communist Utopia" is the fullness or ultimate communism in a communist's eyes. It doesn't mean perfect life, it means a perfect communist society.
Don't You Want me Baby
1. The subject matter is about how the two people meet and now the girl wants to break up while the guy wants to stay together.
2. The difference in the sides of the story is the guy said he got her to where she now is but the girl says that she would have got there with or without him. "I picked you out, shook you up and turned you to something new" (The Human League. 1)
3. I side with the girl because the guy acts like he is the sole reason for her successfullness while she could have gotten there eventually. The guy seems conceited for saying that.
2. The difference in the sides of the story is the guy said he got her to where she now is but the girl says that she would have got there with or without him. "I picked you out, shook you up and turned you to something new" (The Human League. 1)
3. I side with the girl because the guy acts like he is the sole reason for her successfullness while she could have gotten there eventually. The guy seems conceited for saying that.
11-17-11
1. I dress many different way. I dress trendy, I dress sport and sometimes I'll dress up or I'll dress black. It really depends on who I'll be with. For instance if I go on a date I'll dress up or dress trendy but if I'm with the football team I'll dress sporty by wearing Henry Clay football apparell. If I'm with some of my black friends I'll wear Nike Air Forces and other clothes like that. When I go to school I dress trendy by wearing all the new clothes and brands.
2. It is an important aspect if who I am because it lets me express myself. I am not a one dimensional person so I dress different ways so I can show who I am.
3. Your culture comes through your clothes because it can show where you are from and who you are. Your personality is reflected by your clothes. For example if you dress flashy you are probably more of an outgoing person.
2. It is an important aspect if who I am because it lets me express myself. I am not a one dimensional person so I dress different ways so I can show who I am.
3. Your culture comes through your clothes because it can show where you are from and who you are. Your personality is reflected by your clothes. For example if you dress flashy you are probably more of an outgoing person.
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