Anya Reed Mr. Slegers English Honors 10 April 8, 2024 Have we become a trivial culture preoccupied with entertainment? It's nothing new that most people don’t like to be left alone with their thoughts, but prefer to be distracted from their feelings. Just like in Brave New World, our today’s society needs to be entertained or somehow distracted. How people spend their time has a major impact on their sense of well-being, either negative or positive. While reading can develop the mind, the overuse of technology makes people use their brains less and may lead to the decline of mental abilities. Nowadays, people are being slowly conditioned to be irritable or depressed if left alone with their thoughts. Whether it is taking soma or mindlessly
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An example of this constant seeking for pleasure in Brave New World could be when Lenina and Bernard are flying in the helicopter and Bernard suggests they stop and look at the ocean but Lenina immediately says “Let's turn on the radio, Quick!. It’s horrible, it’s horrible” (pg 90). This quote shows us that Lenina can not even go for a moment without being distracted or entertained. Because of this never-ending need to be kept busy, she and the rest of the world lose the sense of individuality. Although not as bad yet, this is seen in our generation thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones. Many people now have no desire to go outside and experience nature when they can just be glued to their screens. If our world continues down this path, it may lead to our society becoming like this dystopia. There are many distinct examples of how our world is gradually becoming similar to the World State. We distract ourselves with movies and TV shows and in their society the Feelies. We take drugs and they take soma. Although we have many similarities, we do have something that makes us different, our society is only heading down that path, but we can change our
An example of this constant seeking for pleasure in Brave New World could be when Lenina and Bernard are flying in the helicopter and Bernard suggests they stop and look at the ocean but Lenina immediately says “Let's turn on the radio, Quick!. It’s horrible, it’s horrible” (pg 90). This quote shows us that Lenina can not even go for a moment without being distracted or entertained. Because of this never-ending need to be kept busy, she and the rest of the world lose the sense of individuality. Although not as bad yet, this is seen in our generation thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones. Many people now have no desire to go outside and experience nature when they can just be glued to their screens. If our world continues down this path, it may lead to our society becoming like this dystopia. There are many distinct examples of how our world is gradually becoming similar to the World State. We distract ourselves with movies and TV shows and in their society the Feelies. We take drugs and they take soma. Although we have many similarities, we do have something that makes us different, our society is only heading down that path, but we can change our