Montag Quotes In Brave New World

One of Aldous Huxley’s most well known works, Brave New World takes place in a utopia, where Community, Identity, and Stability all exist as the motto says. But is this a false wall hiding the real truth? Conditioning, imperativeness, drugs are all elements that make up the brave new world. They’re all elements of a corrupt society. Even so, the motto is contradictory. What exactly is so ironic about it? Maybe Huxley’s purpose was to let the reader decide. The novel begins with a group of male students trailing behind the Director in the Central London Hatching and Conditioning Centre. There, the embryos have their fate decided. Physical appearance, intelligence, and caste are all determined during the fertilization process. The Director explains

Despite him being a part of the highest caste as an Alpha, he is an outcast. “Bernard’s physique was hardly better than that of the average Gamma. He stood eight centimetres short of the standard Alpha height and was slender in proportion. Contact with members of the lower castes always reminded him painfully of this physical inadequacy.” (64). His short stature and unusual appearance makes him vulnerable to ridicule by the citizens of London. Along with his incommensurate appearance, he does not conform in all aspects of society. Even minuscular individuality is frowned upon, and with Bernard’s unpopular views, he is seen as nothing more than a nomad. During the Solidarity Service, Bernard fakes his excitement towards the service to fit in. “Feeling that it was time for him to do something, Bernard also jumped up and shouted: “I hear him; He’s coming.” But it wasn’t true. He heard nothing and, for him, nobody was coming.” (84). Though the purpose of the Solidarity Service is to make each person feel solidarity, they’re ultimately robbing themselves of legitimate emotion, therefore community nor identity could

During the student tour of the conditioning centre, the students are shown real life conditioning of Delta children. “Books and loud noises, flowers and electric shocks-already in the infant mind these couples were compromisingly linked; and after two hundred repetitions of the same or a similar lesson would be wedded indissolubly. What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.” (17). This quote describes the children’s reaction to books and flowers. It is apparent that the government restricts certain informational sources and distractions to “stabilize” the community. The citizens are not self aware and are only aware of a small part of what’s happening around them. Legitimate solidarity and emotion are both sacrificed for