Government Control Government control plays a major role in the cult novel Brave New World and the film The Village. This issue of government control also occurs in the Netflix TV series Black Mirror. Brave New World is a novel about a utopian society controlled by the government. The Village is a film about a small community secluded from civilization, and they live an Amish lifestyle. The elders of the community work as the government and they control the people of this community. In season one episode two of TV series Black Mirror, people are living in contained quarters. These people have certain rules and routines to follow every single day. They all dress in grey and bicycle all day while only being allowed to watch five different TV
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These are a select few adults of the community who control the others. The elders in this movie condition people from a young age to be scared of the woods. They scare them into thinking there are monsters in the woods that will kill them. They are also taught to be afraid of the color red, because this is “the bad color,” and it is associated with the monsters; or as the characters refer to them “those we do not speak of.”. The purpose of this conditioning is to keep the people in the society from going back to the towns. The elders believe the towns are filled with evil people and don’t want anyone to go …show more content…
In Brave New World the government distributed soma, a drug to keep you from feeling emotions. When people feel emotion they think, and when they think, they question the society. In The Village the elders don’t distribute drugs, but they do lie to scare the people in the community. They convince the whole community into believing the woods are full of evil monsters to keep them out. They want them out of the woods, so they don’t reach the towns, they might want to leave their land once they reach the towns. In Black Mirror people are given a drink that convinces them of certain thoughts. The societies do these things to keep their people away from free
These are a select few adults of the community who control the others. The elders in this movie condition people from a young age to be scared of the woods. They scare them into thinking there are monsters in the woods that will kill them. They are also taught to be afraid of the color red, because this is “the bad color,” and it is associated with the monsters; or as the characters refer to them “those we do not speak of.”. The purpose of this conditioning is to keep the people in the society from going back to the towns. The elders believe the towns are filled with evil people and don’t want anyone to go …show more content…
In Brave New World the government distributed soma, a drug to keep you from feeling emotions. When people feel emotion they think, and when they think, they question the society. In The Village the elders don’t distribute drugs, but they do lie to scare the people in the community. They convince the whole community into believing the woods are full of evil monsters to keep them out. They want them out of the woods, so they don’t reach the towns, they might want to leave their land once they reach the towns. In Black Mirror people are given a drink that convinces them of certain thoughts. The societies do these things to keep their people away from free