Brave New World
In this book the scientists, the state, have control over everyone and everything. Their citizens are grown in test tubes and conditioned as they grown to a caste that is chosen for them. They continue to be conditioned, or brainwashed into their society's views and to know their role and purpose in their society. They are constantly taking soma to stay happy and ignorant so that they don't ask any questions or get curious. They are kept as brain dumb, opinion and thought free as possible. Also because they have been conditioned they have no freedom at all, no choice in their life, and no personality.
The reservation citizens on the other hand are "all natural" and seem to be like the scum of the world. They are born with no additional additives, conditioning, or depleted oxygen. They worship a god and sacrifice themselves to it, instead of worshiping an idolized Henry Ford. However they do have most of their freedom, to what they please as ling as it's in their boundary's the state has put up. They also do have their personality, choices, and their own brain without any conditioning done to it.
Bernard's view of the reservation, like any other World State Citizen is of disgust. He thinks it is revolting to live in so much dirt and disease and to smell horrible all the time. However it also slightly fascinates him because it is something different and he becomes curious about it. Due to his conditioning he thinks it is overall an extremely uncivilized and disgusting way to live. John's view of the state is tainted by his mother's talk and love for her old life. Since she was always telling him stories of the world he thinks it is an awesome place and that it's his dream to go there. He almost sees it as a heaven due to his upbringing and his mother's stories, but also because maybe he thinks he might be able to fit in there.
The scientists have worked together with each other to make a Utopian society where science is akin to a god. This relates to my big question because they did so by taking charge of the entire world and working together with each other, and other scientists, in order to change the world. They took control of the world and completely changed how it was run, how people live, and everyone's views. They did go too far in their plan to make the world a perfect place and now they might end up paying for their mistake of going to far.
In this book the scientists, the state, have control over everyone and everything. Their citizens are grown in test tubes and conditioned as they grown to a caste that is chosen for them. They continue to be conditioned, or brainwashed into their society's views and to know their role and purpose in their society. They are constantly taking soma to stay happy and ignorant so that they don't ask any questions or get curious. They are kept as brain dumb, opinion and thought free as possible. Also because they have been conditioned they have no freedom at all, no choice in their life, and no personality.
The reservation citizens on the other hand are "all natural" and seem to be like the scum of the world. They are born with no additional additives, conditioning, or depleted oxygen. They worship a god and sacrifice themselves to it, instead of worshiping an idolized Henry Ford. However they do have most of their freedom, to what they please as ling as it's in their boundary's the state has put up. They also do have their personality, choices, and their own brain without any conditioning done to it.
Bernard's view of the reservation, like any other World State Citizen is of disgust. He thinks it is revolting to live in so much dirt and disease and to smell horrible all the time. However it also slightly fascinates him because it is something different and he becomes curious about it. Due to his conditioning he thinks it is overall an extremely uncivilized and disgusting way to live. John's view of the state is tainted by his mother's talk and love for her old life. Since she was always telling him stories of the world he thinks it is an awesome place and that it's his dream to go there. He almost sees it as a heaven due to his upbringing and his mother's stories, but also because maybe he thinks he might be able to fit in there.
The scientists have worked together with each other to make a Utopian society where science is akin to a god. This relates to my big question because they did so by taking charge of the entire world and working together with each other, and other scientists, in order to change the world. They took control of the world and completely changed how it was run, how people live, and everyone's views. They did go too far in their plan to make the world a perfect place and now they might end up paying for their mistake of going to far.
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