Again, this is an example of the lack of knowledge by anyone conditioned in the Brave New World. Linda grew up believing she was knowledgeable, that she was taught valuable information. It is only when her son, John, starts to ask questions, as he hadn’t been conditioned, does the reader see the true lack of intelligence that these people have. Linda, herself, seems to be in denial about this, refusing to dig deeper into why she thinks in a certain way. She doesn’t care to learn more. It is almost depressing to view this lack of regard for her own child, as says she “won’t be [John’s] mother” (Brave, 119). It shows that in this society these is a clear lack of any sense of love, or romance, or family. That people in themselves are not individuals; …show more content…
It outright shows how the government is manipulating. When the lower caste receives less oxygen, their brain development is hindered, and that can easily have horrible effects on the people. In some ways, it is satiric, that we, as readers, know this, and that the people don’t. In reality, it truly exemplifies the notion that we can be fated even before our birth. The normality of the scene is concerning, but the lack of disregard by all the Alphas, divulges the lengths at which all these people have been brainwashed. It highlights the controlling nature of the government, that even before birth, no sense of individualism exists. The absurdity of Mr. Foster’s comment on how the World State doesn't “need human intelligence” is revelling, in that it has some truths in the Brave New World (Brave, 25). Human intelligence, in that world, is only needed by superiors. It is only necessary in those who wish to keep their power and artificially created sense of stability. Overall, Huxley uses technology to tell us all that not all technology is good for the people. That maybe, without constant citizen input and individual thought, technology can be used to control those very