Proposal

Theme— Control society

“Bokanovsky’s Process,” repeated the Director, and the students underlined the words in their notebooks…….. “Community, Identity, Stability.” Grand words. (Ch. 1)

This page and a half relates directly to my theme. It’s all about mass production of people. Identical people all made from one egg and one embryo that buds and divides from eight to ninety six buds. Major instrument of social stability the DHC says which to me is a major way to control society through the use of this science and technology.

“Heat conditioning,” said Mr. Foster…….. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny.” (Ch. 1)

This paragraph talks about conditioning. It’s about heat conditioning but I really chose this paragraph because it shows and says that people are conditioned to like what they do and who they are. Making people like their inescapable future lives in the so-called utopia.

“On their way back across the channel, Bernard insisted on stopping his propeller…… Thank Ford, she said to herself, he’s all right again.” (Ch. 6 section 1)

This works well with my theme because it shows how the conditioning has blinded them. Bernard really sees what is going on. Lenina can only see how she has been conditioned. She has no imagination. She is like a robot a robot that does not know she is one and is happy doing as she has been programmed to do. Bernard wants to be free and can kind of see the utopia for what it is, a prison.

“They’ll grow up with what psychologists used to call instinctive hatred of books and flowers……. Hence those electric shocks.” (Ch. 2)

This section shows how they condition for the benefit of the society. The example of the flowers and how it used to be conditioned to like them but people would only consume transportation and nothing else shows how they use conditioning to balance the society. Now they condition them to hate flowers but love the country so they will play these elaborate games that consume a lot. They use this conditioning to make everyone do what they want them to do and like it.

“In a crowd he grumbled…… A gramme is always better than a damn, she concluded with dignity, and drank the sundae herself.” (Ch. 6 part 1)

This section shows the role of soma in society. Soma is a drug that they are conditioned to like and take if they are in a bad mood or if they just want to be really jolly. Bernard says he would rather be himself and not take it but no one else sees that other than Bernard. Everyone else just thinks of soma as normal when in reality it’s a way that the society can be controlled by keeping everyone happy.