The article “Practice Babies” by National Public Radio and Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World are accompanied by mutual views on the fact that society’s needs are valued over those of its constituents. Albeit the methods in which the motif is emanated are divergent from one literary piece to the other, it is evident that society itself holds a strong priority over the individuals residing within it, and their needs.
National Public Radio’s news article “Practice Babies” suggests how society’s quest for advancement undermines the needs of infants. Being lent by local orphanages at a young age, the practice babies are objectified as tools for women to learn the subject matter of mothering.
These infants are perceived as a “possible
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Whilst the infants are fostered at academic institutions, the program results in the mutilation of the neonates’ mental wellness. This situation is primarily the consequence of infants being unable to formulate “one really tight bond” (NPR) with a permanent guardian. Regardless, there is “little evidence of controversy”
(NPR) emerging from the practice, suggesting that as long as society profits from the program’s operation, the disorder which the infants experience is justifiable. This practice lies in the best interests of academia and the greater society, and it becomes apparent that society’s needs are prized on a far more extensive degree than those of the individual babies.
Similarly, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World also provides a perspective as to how an individual’s needs are considered subordinate in comparison to those of the authoritarian
World State. It is duly noted that an individual can be produced through genetic engineering with the greatest ease; however, society cannot be salvaged insofar as it has been led astray
(Huxley, 128). Thus, the Director asserts that it is better for one civilian to be murdered than
“many should be corrupted” (Huxley, 128). He regards the stability of the civilization worthy