A common trait among a majority of people is the willingness to give up almost anything important for the sake of achieving happiness. In today’s world, the most prevalent goal needed to achieve personal happiness is money. People sacrifice time with their families, their moral ideals, and sometimes even their health to have the chance to earn enough money to finally be happy. Only, in practice, the things that truly make a person happy have all been sacrificed to be able to buy a big house or an extravagant car. Where is the line drawn that states the maximum amount a person can waive in the pursuit of happiness, before they simply become a never-ending cycle of work, earn, sleep and repeat. The theme of sacrificing for happiness is a dominant
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The society in Brave New World focuses heavily on only educating their citizens on extremely specific tasks, ones that are only needed to complete their jobs and nothing else. The people know little about the bigger picture, so to speak, and never have the opportunity to expand their awareness of themselves, how they feel, and the world around them. Helmholtz Watson experiences dissatisfaction over this, and he often seeks a way to write better, about something full of meaning, so he can teach his students how to do so as well. He says to Bernard, “Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly—they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.” (Huxley, 70). Helmholtz finds himself disheartened with the content most people in the society write about, which is empty and not thought-provoking. He wants to make words “pierce” a person, and he wishes to experience a feeling of pride after reading his works. Helmholtz also illustrates his dismay for the lack of higher learning when he says again to Bernard, “Did you ever feel, as though you had something inside you that was only waiting for you to give it a chance to come out?” (Huxley, 69) Helmholtz struggles with the idea of possessing the power to achieve greater things, but being unable to reach the level of thought he so desires for his writings. The world state claims that specifics
The society in Brave New World focuses heavily on only educating their citizens on extremely specific tasks, ones that are only needed to complete their jobs and nothing else. The people know little about the bigger picture, so to speak, and never have the opportunity to expand their awareness of themselves, how they feel, and the world around them. Helmholtz Watson experiences dissatisfaction over this, and he often seeks a way to write better, about something full of meaning, so he can teach his students how to do so as well. He says to Bernard, “Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly—they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.” (Huxley, 70). Helmholtz finds himself disheartened with the content most people in the society write about, which is empty and not thought-provoking. He wants to make words “pierce” a person, and he wishes to experience a feeling of pride after reading his works. Helmholtz also illustrates his dismay for the lack of higher learning when he says again to Bernard, “Did you ever feel, as though you had something inside you that was only waiting for you to give it a chance to come out?” (Huxley, 69) Helmholtz struggles with the idea of possessing the power to achieve greater things, but being unable to reach the level of thought he so desires for his writings. The world state claims that specifics