Kevin Wang
Mrs. Streckenbach
Senior English P.7
28 September 2014
In Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World, people live in a supposedly dystopian society created after all civilization has been destroyed and two great wars. Then the era of ford ushers in, ensuring societal stability through dictatorship. Population is controlled through scientific methods; marriage is forbidden, and children are not born, but produced in an embryo factory. The society depicted in the novel is based on a rigid caste system. The highest of the five castes enjoy superior tasks, while the lower ones perform menial roles. Ten Controllers hold all the power in this new world and amongst the ten, Mustapha Mond justified his claim that it is worthwhile to give up …show more content…
government. Technology has evolved in ways that many don’t understand; the fact that the NSA fished information from Americans all across the nation makes many feel unsettled. In today's society, security has become a very important issue that needs to be attended to, more so than freedom. After the serious events of 9/11, we, as a nation, need to realize that we are not immune to attacks on our people. The thousands of people that died in the terrorist attacks could have been avoided, with proper security. However, the question remains, ‘are the NSA’s actions justified’? Logically speaking, the NSA is fishing for information that could ensure our nation’s safety. After all, “the majority of our nation's intelligence for counterterrorism, hard targets and support to military operations” does originate from NSA’s database (Alexander). To build up such a database, they must search everyone. Originally, the fourth amendment enforced the notion that “each man’s homes is his castle”, secured from unreasonable searches and seizures of property by the government. Is what the NSA doing considered ‘unreasonable searches’, don’t they have the right to doubt everyone? In our time of age, identities in the real world versus the virtual world could be vastly different. How else could the NSA retrieve information regarding dangerous people residing in our country? If their goal is to protect our nation, they should do their job. People should be happy that the government is taking
Mrs. Streckenbach
Senior English P.7
28 September 2014
In Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World, people live in a supposedly dystopian society created after all civilization has been destroyed and two great wars. Then the era of ford ushers in, ensuring societal stability through dictatorship. Population is controlled through scientific methods; marriage is forbidden, and children are not born, but produced in an embryo factory. The society depicted in the novel is based on a rigid caste system. The highest of the five castes enjoy superior tasks, while the lower ones perform menial roles. Ten Controllers hold all the power in this new world and amongst the ten, Mustapha Mond justified his claim that it is worthwhile to give up …show more content…
government. Technology has evolved in ways that many don’t understand; the fact that the NSA fished information from Americans all across the nation makes many feel unsettled. In today's society, security has become a very important issue that needs to be attended to, more so than freedom. After the serious events of 9/11, we, as a nation, need to realize that we are not immune to attacks on our people. The thousands of people that died in the terrorist attacks could have been avoided, with proper security. However, the question remains, ‘are the NSA’s actions justified’? Logically speaking, the NSA is fishing for information that could ensure our nation’s safety. After all, “the majority of our nation's intelligence for counterterrorism, hard targets and support to military operations” does originate from NSA’s database (Alexander). To build up such a database, they must search everyone. Originally, the fourth amendment enforced the notion that “each man’s homes is his castle”, secured from unreasonable searches and seizures of property by the government. Is what the NSA doing considered ‘unreasonable searches’, don’t they have the right to doubt everyone? In our time of age, identities in the real world versus the virtual world could be vastly different. How else could the NSA retrieve information regarding dangerous people residing in our country? If their goal is to protect our nation, they should do their job. People should be happy that the government is taking