Mustapha Mond: A Comparative Analysis

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According to George Kateb, “The principal mission of utopianism is to encourage the hope that human nature is changeable for the better beyond the limits assigned by worldly pessimism or theological despair” (Kateb 621). As this is true, the new world is lucky that it is possible to alter aspects of human nature. Due to this advantage, the creation of this utopia is feasible. As these changes seem to better society, there is nothing else to improve. Therefore, change is undesirable and unnecessary (Diken 153). Society has fixed all it can, so there is no more to be done. Even if there is a complication, people do not wish to deal with it. Ending problems is better than trying to fix them, as additional problems may be caused as a result (Huxley …show more content…
Mustapha Mond, the Controller, reiterates that this utopian world fixates on stability through its fear of change and time (Diken 160). This world tries to organize and control its advancements and changes. However, change is inescapable and is necessary for the world to advance. It creates excitement for the future and the unknown challenges ahead (Ellingson 14). Since the world believes preventing change is effective in conquering stabilization, this society is considerably limited in its growth. Thus, this attempt at controlling advancements is another way the brave new world modifies forces of life. Because of this, no one is able to seek a better life. Everyone believes everything is perfect, and the requirement is for no one to …show more content…
Society accomplishes this through mass production of people by the creation of numerous identical twins (Huxley 19). The brave new world has a system of creating babies in bottles instead (Huxley 239). This is where the process of assigning people to their social classes begins. The eggs are put into a warm broth-like liquid with spermatozoa. After they are fertilized, they are put into incubators. Alphas and Betas remain there while Gammas, Epsilons, and Deltas go under the Bokanovsky’s Process. In this process, bokanovskified eggs divide into as many as ninety-six buds to form embryos (Huxley 17). In this process, one egg can create a large number of embryos. At this point in the process, since mothers no longer give birth to their kin, human nature is particularly manipulated as humans are a viviparous species - they give live births. Although this way of reproduction is dissimilar to what humans are made to do, the D.H.C. says, “‘Bokanovsky’s Process is one of the major instruments of social stability!’” (Huxley 18). The society thrives on this process, as it gives them significant social

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