Today, as many scientific advancements become part of society, people are becoming more worried of the future and what it holds. When looking at two popular dystopian novels, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins many concepts of what the world may turn out like appear (appositive). In both novels, the idea of caste systems and different classes among the people are enforced. Yet, both stories have differing views with how to control the population. In Brave New World, the use of drugs and conditioning are enforced to prevent uprising, while in The Hunger Games the use of fear is applied in the districts to try and keep the people at ease. Overall, both novels share many similar stances on social stances
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Looking at the caste systems set up by both governments, those who are given the resources of the government, tend to succeed and be part of the higher castes (Gerund Phrase). During the process of hatching the children in Brave New world, science of genetics are applied, “The lower the caste...the shorter the oxygen. The first organ affected was the brain.After that the skeleton” (Huxley,2004,p.24). To make Alphas beautiful--tall--and intelligent, while the lower castes such as, the Epsilons and the Deltas are usually modified to be shorter and not as smart (Infinitive Phrase). The state purposely does oxygen deprivation to certain embryo depending on what caste they are in. With such conditioning, each person is already predestined to a certain caste. When the embryo becomes a child, all go through sleep conditioning with constant repetitions, “ I’m really awfully glad I’m a Beta, because I don’t work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas” (Huxley,2004,p.35) . In this process, those of lower castes are trained to be happy with where they are at. In the Hunger Games, the capitol feasts and owns the best technology compared to district 12, where many are living in …show more content…
Yet the capitol and world state are quite different. When looking at how each control the people in their world, the World state prevents uprisings in their world by the drug, soma, “ The policemen pushed him out of the way and got on with their work. Three men with spraying machines buckled to their shoulders pumped with thick clouds of soma vapour into the air.” (Huxley, 2004,p.194). When John the savage causes a disruption and puts panic into the air, the world state comes along and sprays soma “two minutes later the Voice and the soma vapour had produced their effect... Deltas were kissing and hugging one another” (Huxley, 2004,p.195). The soma quickly affects the people and causes them to forget the feeling of panic and feel joy, therefore, solving the problem of an uprising (Cumulative Sentence). When looking at the capitol in The Hunger Games, much of their control is done through fear, and poverty. The games were originally established to provoke fear among the people with the thought of “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you ” (Collins,2008,p.18). The idea that one’s child may be selected to fight to the death for entertainment displays that the Capitol owns everything and are in control. When contrasting the ending of the two novels, both end populations end up reacting to an uprising in different
Looking at the caste systems set up by both governments, those who are given the resources of the government, tend to succeed and be part of the higher castes (Gerund Phrase). During the process of hatching the children in Brave New world, science of genetics are applied, “The lower the caste...the shorter the oxygen. The first organ affected was the brain.After that the skeleton” (Huxley,2004,p.24). To make Alphas beautiful--tall--and intelligent, while the lower castes such as, the Epsilons and the Deltas are usually modified to be shorter and not as smart (Infinitive Phrase). The state purposely does oxygen deprivation to certain embryo depending on what caste they are in. With such conditioning, each person is already predestined to a certain caste. When the embryo becomes a child, all go through sleep conditioning with constant repetitions, “ I’m really awfully glad I’m a Beta, because I don’t work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas” (Huxley,2004,p.35) . In this process, those of lower castes are trained to be happy with where they are at. In the Hunger Games, the capitol feasts and owns the best technology compared to district 12, where many are living in …show more content…
Yet the capitol and world state are quite different. When looking at how each control the people in their world, the World state prevents uprisings in their world by the drug, soma, “ The policemen pushed him out of the way and got on with their work. Three men with spraying machines buckled to their shoulders pumped with thick clouds of soma vapour into the air.” (Huxley, 2004,p.194). When John the savage causes a disruption and puts panic into the air, the world state comes along and sprays soma “two minutes later the Voice and the soma vapour had produced their effect... Deltas were kissing and hugging one another” (Huxley, 2004,p.195). The soma quickly affects the people and causes them to forget the feeling of panic and feel joy, therefore, solving the problem of an uprising (Cumulative Sentence). When looking at the capitol in The Hunger Games, much of their control is done through fear, and poverty. The games were originally established to provoke fear among the people with the thought of “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you ” (Collins,2008,p.18). The idea that one’s child may be selected to fight to the death for entertainment displays that the Capitol owns everything and are in control. When contrasting the ending of the two novels, both end populations end up reacting to an uprising in different