The scene in Chapter 17, where a conversation between Mustapha Mond and John continues and escalates, highlights the central controversial issue of morality in the novel’s setting. This scene offers the reader insightful viewpoints from two different characters that hold unique titles. Mustapha Mond, the Controller of the World State, questions John and tries to convince him into conforming to the conditions of the structured society by assuring the many benefits of stability and human happiness. John, the Savage, on the other hand, challenges the accepted and integrated notions of the World State by pointing out the ethical flaws in its system that goes against religion and human morality. This marks a very crucial moment in the plot since
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During this time period, the marketplace, as well as the idea of mass production and mass consumption, has gradually become more and more prevalent in the American culture. This time period also marks a time of innovation, most notably the invention of improved motor vehicle models by none other than Henry Ford, a prominent figure in the novel who serves as an alternate God to the citizens of the World State. People would criticize Huxley for satirizing Ford, a man who they would have respected at the time. Some might even feel offended by Huxley’s depiction of the citizens and their treatment of Ford as God, using phrases like “Our Ford” and making a “T” gesture in place of the sign of the cross. Many would have questioned or even challenged Huxley’s theme, finding it controversial for the novel’s use of pornographic scenes and disturbing detail of inhumane practice that degraded humanity. In fact, the people would have probably found the ideas of mass reproduction in assembly lines and orgy ceremonies much more unrealistic and impossible than readers of 2015. The people of 1932, although they lived in a time of bustling business, did not possess the advanced technology, science, and declined morality of an explicit culture compared to 2015. During the conversation, Mond describes “happy, hard-working, goods-consuming citizen” as “perfect”. Many of those living in …show more content…
Society still accepts religion, literature, and the arts as essential teachings and have not censored people from owning works from these fields. People do not live in caste systems, do not take soma, or pay respect to Ford as a deity. However, current society does posses very similar practices that, although they do not match entirely with the predictions in the novel, resemble them very closely. For example, although caste systems do not exist, many economical barriers arise often and separate groups of people, placing them in different social classes. The idea of soma closely resembles that of people resorting to drugs to escape their problems and feel better for themselves. Rather than seeking self-improvement, people seek for a seemingly easy way out. Finally, although Henry Ford has not had such a heavy impact as Huxley depicted in his novel, modern society still places heavy emphasis on many individuals and objects before God, which has resulted in the declining morality in the culture. However, one detail in the novel, the idea of having babies created in assembly lines without the need of sexual reproduction, will most likely never happen. Humans will, by nature, always have a desire for a stable relationship, and will always feel a sense of emptiness with
During this time period, the marketplace, as well as the idea of mass production and mass consumption, has gradually become more and more prevalent in the American culture. This time period also marks a time of innovation, most notably the invention of improved motor vehicle models by none other than Henry Ford, a prominent figure in the novel who serves as an alternate God to the citizens of the World State. People would criticize Huxley for satirizing Ford, a man who they would have respected at the time. Some might even feel offended by Huxley’s depiction of the citizens and their treatment of Ford as God, using phrases like “Our Ford” and making a “T” gesture in place of the sign of the cross. Many would have questioned or even challenged Huxley’s theme, finding it controversial for the novel’s use of pornographic scenes and disturbing detail of inhumane practice that degraded humanity. In fact, the people would have probably found the ideas of mass reproduction in assembly lines and orgy ceremonies much more unrealistic and impossible than readers of 2015. The people of 1932, although they lived in a time of bustling business, did not possess the advanced technology, science, and declined morality of an explicit culture compared to 2015. During the conversation, Mond describes “happy, hard-working, goods-consuming citizen” as “perfect”. Many of those living in …show more content…
Society still accepts religion, literature, and the arts as essential teachings and have not censored people from owning works from these fields. People do not live in caste systems, do not take soma, or pay respect to Ford as a deity. However, current society does posses very similar practices that, although they do not match entirely with the predictions in the novel, resemble them very closely. For example, although caste systems do not exist, many economical barriers arise often and separate groups of people, placing them in different social classes. The idea of soma closely resembles that of people resorting to drugs to escape their problems and feel better for themselves. Rather than seeking self-improvement, people seek for a seemingly easy way out. Finally, although Henry Ford has not had such a heavy impact as Huxley depicted in his novel, modern society still places heavy emphasis on many individuals and objects before God, which has resulted in the declining morality in the culture. However, one detail in the novel, the idea of having babies created in assembly lines without the need of sexual reproduction, will most likely never happen. Humans will, by nature, always have a desire for a stable relationship, and will always feel a sense of emptiness with