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Individuality In Brave New World

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Since the World State is based on Factories children are conditioned “forced” to hate nature and love factories by electric shocking the babies. The controllers gather the babies next to the flowers and roses as soon as the babies enjoy looking and touching the flowers the nurse electrically shock the babies and repeat the process again “The Head Nurse, who was standing by a switchboard at the other end of the room, pressed down little lever. There was a violent explosion. Shriller and ever shriller, a siren shrieked. Alarm bells maddeningly sounded. The children started, screamed; their faces were destroyed with terror.”(21) This way they will never approach nature at any time in their life. They use an electric shock with books too. “Without literature, people will never think and learn…of course they will live in a stable society where nothing will ever change, but people pay the price of creativity and the ability to think" (2) since they might read something which might undesirably decondition one of their reflexes. Using Hypnopaedia and Electric shocking the World State lack the amount of information you learn or gain. Therefore, being part …show more content…

No social stability without individuality”(105) the absence of individuality is the key. Emotions and feeling make a person human. Emotions allow the human to grow, belief, think, love, and achieve something in life. Emotions and feelings make us individuals and that is why Huxley discourages them. In the World state emotions and feelings are controlled. The controllers control emotions so that people can only feel happiness. This way people will not have any conflicts. If we have no conflicts we will not have wars. But in trade of peace you have to lose your emotions and feelings. You will never feel anything but

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