<p>and never had to be sad or miserable
we'd have sex whenever we wanted
and if we ever had problems we could just take soma and everything would go away
and we wouldn't have to worry about wanting to do stuff we suck at
because we'd be conditioned to enjoy whatever we were good at
and life would be so perfect
seriously who needs poetry or suffering or discontent, aldous huxley hit upon the ideal world right there.
i think a lot of us would be miserable in this society because we weren't born/conditioned for it and it would seem weird.
but i for one wish i could move there.
what do you think?</p>
<p>I agree, and then we could just go to Iceland with all the cool people if we got bored.</p>
<p>lol you keep talking about this book..</p>
<p>What ?</p>
<p>Er... maybe not.
What is you were a Gamma or an Epsilon half-moron?</p>
<p>PS. What grade were you in when you read it? Just wondering...</p>
<p>but then i'd be HAPPY to be a gamma or epsilon minus semi moron so life would be gooood =)</p>
<p>i was a freshman when i first read it, but then i read it again a few years later and was enthralled by its beauty</p>
<p>Eh, it's not that big of a difference. Life's good for the people it's good for; it's bad for the people it isn't.</p>
<p>I read this book as a sophomore in a psychology class and am re-reading in in my AP Lit class.. part of me agrees with you and the other part has to disagree</p>
<p>Most people in this society are just like Lenina--superficial, self-centered, and almost unable to function without soma. Lenina makes me so angry sometimes lol.</p>
<p>However, the conditioning would make us be ok with all those things.. and we would be happy and efficient.. idk how I feel. I like deciding what I'm going to do and who I'm going to be with instead of the government choosing for me, so I'm going to have to go with: No. I wouldn't want to live in that world. But maybe if we didn't have a choice, it wouldn't seem so bad thanks to the drugs and the conditioning :D.</p>
<p>I read that book as a freshman. Although it was very interesting, I found it slightly...creepy and perverted, even though I knew what Huxley's intentions were with using satire etc. But srsly? Kids doing it? That's just wrong.</p>
<p>Episilons are stupid..join the alpha club..for the ladies...beta +</p>
<p>I hated that book with a passion...damn you Aldous Huxley! And Dawnie Min, how would you like it if you were conditioned to be a Delta?</p>
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<p>You would like it because you're conditioned!</p>
<p>i so wish life wold be perfect. it went the way i wanted it to go.. if only that was the real world!</p>
<p>Responsibility is so annoying, isn't it?</p>
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<p>that would be at utopia!! ;]</p>
<p>if you came down with such a conclusion, you have completely missed the point of the book.</p>
<p>Observe the transformation of the guy brought back from the reservations (Joseph? Havent read it in a while). I think the utopian world was more of a backdrop for a much more serious issue.</p>
<p>To me the amount of "happiness" and promiscuity was exaggerated to present the amount of absurdity in a over simplified world</p>
<p>^I think he/she realizes the point of the book, and, satirically or not, objects to it.</p>
<p>@proletariat2</p>
<p>I dont know if I'd agree with you. I'd imagine anyone who can realize the obvious message of the book regarding the deterioration of human interactions (interpersonal, societal), is not naive enough to pursue the hedonistic lifestyle portrayed in Brave New World. </p>
<p>I think Huxley was merely observing, from his contemporary view, that if the society he lived in follows the pattern of development, human values would eventually deteriorate down to a level similar to that within the fictional world he portrayed. </p>
<p>Just like Fahrenheit 451, pretty similar structure, in the end the people started their living library, which suggested a positive outlook. On the other hand I dont think Brave New World had too much of a positive light since Joseph (I am not comfortable with typing this name since I have no idea if it's the guy's name) died by suicide.</p>
<p>Well, I don't think the OP is necessarily serious.</p>
<p>(By the way, I believe his name was John the Savage.)</p>
<p>Complacency is not conducive to progress. </p>
<p>False complacency leads to social deconstruction.</p>
<p>Just look at the hippie movement :rolleyes:.</p>