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The Caste System In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

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In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World everyone is split into castes where they all have a certain rank. In theory this idea to control the people should work, but it doesn’t allow people to express themselves. The pre-destined caste system is flawed by taking away the individuality of those wanting something more out of the world. Those who want to make something of their life rather than let someone else control them. The caste system takes away individualism and determination because everyone is created equal inside their own caste.
The caste system takes away individuality in a person because everyone is created equally and identically within their caste. As the Director of the book says, “The original egg was in a fair way to becoming anything from eight to ninety-six embryos” (7). They just created ninety-six identical people out of one egg. And the Director continues with, “not in piddling twos and threes, actually by dozens” (7). When creating the people in these caste systems they multiply them to create more …show more content…

We have the poor, the working class (or middle class) and we have the wealthy. We tend to believe that if you are in one class, you will stay in that class for you are unable to make it anywhere else. “Many sociological theorists have criticized the extent to which the working classes are unlikely to advance socioeconomically while the wealthy tend to hold political power which they use to exploit the proletariat (laboring class).” ("Social Stratification"). The wealthy are able to keep themselves on top, but that’s not always the case. Those who have millions can go bankrupt, and those who have nothing can make a fortune. But we caste people into the class they fit in and we think that’s where they will stay forever. Just like in the book “Brave New World” Bernard was different form the others. All we have to do is overcome fate and show we don’t have to go by society’s

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Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste” pushes the boundaries on the cross-sections of the past and the present, intertwining the balance between our history and the course of our actions in the present. Wilkerson eloquently introduces the idea that the actions of our ancestors are still affecting our mentalities, and how we speak. Furthermore, she uses caste to explain that we are at the tip of the iceberg, and that there is much more to these topics under the surface, poetically dissecting the nuances of our history and how we are individually impacted by it. My Indian identity has introduced me to the Caste system, as my culture is deep-rooted in this system.

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