Community, Identity, Stability In The Brave New World By Aldous Huxley

A motto is a motivational principle that drives one to achieve their own goal. It basically consists of short words that give a gigantic meaning to the person. In the Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the society uses “Community, Identity, Stability” as their motto. I find that this motto is quite interesting because all those three words have similar rhymes at the end. There are several ways shown in the novel on how the society lives based on the motto. For ‘Community’, the society in the World State uses caste system to differentiate each other. There are five castes – Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon. As stated by the Director when he repeats this phrase for countless times, “Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they’re so frightfully clever. …….. And Epsilons are still worse. They’re too stupid …show more content…
I personally believe that community means a group of people who live under a government which does not discriminate their own people. Without being brainwashed and influenced by any aspect, people should accept each other regardless of their statuses and races. Classification among people occurs when the authority gives different treatment based on their spectrum of likeness towards them. For identity, I think it should be portrayed on the individual; not on the caste or on the group of people. Everyone is born with diverse abilities and talents. If we were to live the same way as in the World State, there will be no competition at all among each other as everyone is the same. Consequently, the world will be a boring place to live in. Lastly, I am certain that having emotion actually stabilizes the community. There will be no happiness if one does not understand the meaning of love. Having real family, friends and significant other makes one appreciate the meaning of life, hence they will not be lonely and their lives will ultimately be