Clones In Brave New World

Are clones human beings? This question is something to ponder, and it is quite bothersome to the brain. They perform and act like human beings, but they are copies of another person. Michael Bay’s film, The Island, takes place in an underground society, Merrick’s Corporation, full of clones. Controllers program the clones to believe they are safe from the outside-contaminated world. Each person excitedly waits for the lottery to call his or her number. The administrators call off the winners’ numbers and send them to the Island. All clones want to be live on the island because it is looks like paradise. Lincoln Six Echo questions his society and the idea of going to the island. When his best friend, Jordan Two Delta, is chosen to go to the island, Lincoln realizes the flaws of this system. Lincoln begins his journey of fighting the corporation and freeing the clones. In The Island, Michael Bay twists the ideas of perception and reality in Merrick’s Corporation. The idea of reality in clones’ minds is quite different from the true reality of the real world. The clones in …show more content…
It forces a person to ponder on the ideals of what characteristics make up a human being. This film underlines the importance of questioning society and every action that is performed. The Island directly correlates to the book, Brave New World. In both works, the people in control alter with the minds of those who are less than them. Dr. Merrick alters the minds of Lincoln Six Echo and Jordan Two Delta, along with all of the other clones, to not question their lives and to strive to go to the Island. The characters in Brave New World endure hypnopedia daily to learn his or her roles in society. Also, the characters of both works are born in unnatural ways in a factory. Humans do not conceive these babies, but rather create them in a test tube or on a table. Clearly, The Island alters the clones’ perception and reality of their