Introduction
What makes a human, human? Who decides what being fully human entails? Many psychologists believe in the fifty-fifty theory. Half of who a person becomes is made up of his or her genetics or nature, while the other half is made up of how they were raised or nurtured. “The nature vs. nurture debate within psychology is concerned with the extent to which particular aspects of behavior are a product of either inherited (i.e., genetic) or acquired (i.e., learned) characteristics” (McLeod). This argument has been going on for a while and it will never end, but scientists can agree on one commonality: who a person becomes is influenced by those two things and those two things only ("Nature Nurture in Psychology | Simply Psychology"). …show more content…
Huxley satirizes individuality in Brave New World by reproducing humans through an unethical process which drains personality from livelihood in his ‘new world’.
Analysis and Research Mixed
“Community, Identity, Stability” (Huxley 1). This is the guiding motto for A.F. 632 (632 years “after Ford”). It all starts from the beginning- reproduction. The process in which an egg is genetically altered and produced is meant to follow these words. First, the Podsnap’s Technique ripens eggs at a rapid rate from a single ovary. Hundreds of related persons can be made from the sperm and ova of the same man and woman within two years. There are five castes that make up the world’s society. From highest class to lowest class, they are recognized as: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon. For the lower three classes (Gamma, Delta, Epsilon), an egg is developed and shocked to split into …show more content…
While talking about the alcohol treatment, Mr. Foster discussed that for Eplisons, “we don’t need human intelligence” (Huxley 15). They choose the level of intelligence of the castes, which is beyond unethical. The new world takes away individuality to set up a ‘perfect’ society. Aldous Huxley distinguishes the danger of genetic alterations and reveals a warning to the human race through his book. For example, the Director stated that "Bokanovsky's Process is one of the major instruments of social stability!" (Huxley 7), and after saying the world’s motto, he believed that "If we could bokanovskify indefinitely the whole problem would be solved” (Huxley 7). He’s saying that science is control. There are many people today who believe that through science, people may find the power that is necessary for the world. This power, though, is much too strong. That is why Aldous Huxley is warning humanity of those people, for there is only so much science humans can use before abolishing even the idea of
What makes a human, human? Who decides what being fully human entails? Many psychologists believe in the fifty-fifty theory. Half of who a person becomes is made up of his or her genetics or nature, while the other half is made up of how they were raised or nurtured. “The nature vs. nurture debate within psychology is concerned with the extent to which particular aspects of behavior are a product of either inherited (i.e., genetic) or acquired (i.e., learned) characteristics” (McLeod). This argument has been going on for a while and it will never end, but scientists can agree on one commonality: who a person becomes is influenced by those two things and those two things only ("Nature Nurture in Psychology | Simply Psychology"). …show more content…
Huxley satirizes individuality in Brave New World by reproducing humans through an unethical process which drains personality from livelihood in his ‘new world’.
Analysis and Research Mixed
“Community, Identity, Stability” (Huxley 1). This is the guiding motto for A.F. 632 (632 years “after Ford”). It all starts from the beginning- reproduction. The process in which an egg is genetically altered and produced is meant to follow these words. First, the Podsnap’s Technique ripens eggs at a rapid rate from a single ovary. Hundreds of related persons can be made from the sperm and ova of the same man and woman within two years. There are five castes that make up the world’s society. From highest class to lowest class, they are recognized as: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon. For the lower three classes (Gamma, Delta, Epsilon), an egg is developed and shocked to split into …show more content…
While talking about the alcohol treatment, Mr. Foster discussed that for Eplisons, “we don’t need human intelligence” (Huxley 15). They choose the level of intelligence of the castes, which is beyond unethical. The new world takes away individuality to set up a ‘perfect’ society. Aldous Huxley distinguishes the danger of genetic alterations and reveals a warning to the human race through his book. For example, the Director stated that "Bokanovsky's Process is one of the major instruments of social stability!" (Huxley 7), and after saying the world’s motto, he believed that "If we could bokanovskify indefinitely the whole problem would be solved” (Huxley 7). He’s saying that science is control. There are many people today who believe that through science, people may find the power that is necessary for the world. This power, though, is much too strong. That is why Aldous Huxley is warning humanity of those people, for there is only so much science humans can use before abolishing even the idea of