Sierra Baldozier Feb. 19th, 2016 Gillis Brave New World Essay Freedom Social classes have always existed. At the top, the rich and educated govern over everyone, and at the bottom, the poor and uneducated do the dirty work. Aldous Huxley creates a predetermined social structure in his dystopian world portrayed in the book, Brave New World. In this world, they appoint each individual a position in the caste system during exogenous. They genetically modify eggs to perform certain tasks that make them mold to a certain caste. Society conditions their people to believe that they experience freedom. In the book, Brave New World, Huxley creates a world where society convinces its people that they receive complete freedom, which in return satirizes …show more content…
Even before birth, each egg receives a form of injections that will determine their placement in society. For each job, each individual receives different treatment for their future jobs. Freedom of choice doesn’t exist. “‘To improve their sense of balance,’ Mr. Foster explained. ‘Doing repairs on the outside of a rocket in mid-air is a ticklish job. We slacken off the circulation when they're right way up, so that they're half starved, and double the flow of surrogate when they're upside down. They learn to associate topsy-turvydom with well-being; in fact, they're only truly happy when they're standing on their heads’”(Huxley 16). By modifying the eggs, the chance of determining their future never exist. Many people in today’s society believe that they can control their future, but in reality most children raised in a middle class family will grow up and work a job that keeps them in the middle class. In both societies, the opportunity to determine the placement in society does not exist for the people, just as many other …show more content…
Many people believe that they come up with these ideas. In this book, society conditions its people to think what they want them to think, do what they want them to do, and believe what they want them to believe. Through hypnopaedia, civilization programs their people to believe that they live a happy life. “At the end of the room a loud speaker projected from the wall. The Director walked up to it and pressed a switch. ‘… all wear green,’ said a soft but very distinct voice, beginning in the middle of a sentence, ‘and Delta Children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children… I'm so glad I'm a Beta.’ There was a pause; then the voice began again” (Huxley 27). By sleep teaching, everyone possesses the same opinions and thoughts, and no one believes that they live an unfair life. The idea of conditioning satirizes standardized teaching. In modern society, government has complete control over public schooling; they control what teachers can teach and what students will learn in school. They created a system where they control what a child learns, which influences the way they think, just as Huxley did in his book. The control that society has over their people affects not only their education, but also their