Brave New World essay

Well, some of the things that jump out to me in the book is that the people are taught by computers and brainwashing stuff. There are no teachers and no one learns from personal experience or from others. There is a process that people learn and Bernard remembers how many times it takes for people to believe it. Lenia says it to herself some of the things she has learned to keep herself from doubting. Her feelings (which the society does not approve of) are telling her that what she has been told, not taught, are wrong. Like when Bernard and Lenia were watching the ocean (90). Lenia got really upset and started to doubt what she was told.

Also another thing I noticed was that there is no emotion at all with the people in the New World. People do not care about each other's feelings but about what they want and desire. Like when the two guys were talking about "trying people" (46). Not talking about the other person's feelings or talking about the human soul. Just the body. When the director was reflecting on his past in the savage land, he got caught up in the moment and had to straighten himself out (97). The people consider emotion a sign of weakness and not being productive. Also when the savage was by his mother's death bed, little kids were inspecting his mother and saying she was ugly and other comments. The nurse asked the savage if he was ill because he was sad. She did not understand. Also she told him that she would kick him out if he caused more trouble by being upset. She scolds him and says "can't you behave?" (206) The book says that she was not accustomed to people actually wanting to visit someone who was dying. People avoid having emotions as much as possible and take soma and other things.

So my thesis right now is: In Huxley's Brave New World, people do not learn from personal experience and therefore do not have emotion because it contradicts what they are told.

This is just a draft for my thesis. Thanks for reading my post.