In our essay for Brave New World I think it would be interesting to connect the novel to modern society and form parallels between the two. In addition I think it would be appropriate to even connect history with the development of the novel; such as the creation of the assembly line to “Fordism,” and so on.
Coming at this essay in this manner would benefit the most from the Sir Ken Robinson video we watched on the blog. It did a great job addressing some of the prominent issues in Brave New World. The video expanded on such topics like the “manufacturing” of students through the school system and “standardizing” them. This hits the hammer on the nail, so to speak, in making a parallel between reality and the novels focus on productivity and manufacturing. Also Robinson shares an interesting perspective on ADHD “anesthetics” and how they are utilized in the classroom, a lot like soma is used by the government in the novel.
As for another source to include in my essay, I honestly don’t have much to choose from. I have hardly read books, up until this class really, which makes it hard to draw connections from Brave New World to outside texts. However I think I can manage using The Tempest in my essay. They are very similar in addressing the issue of civilization vs savagery. Perhaps I can expand on it somehow…
As for the articles and texts supplied on the forum, I have yet to read them. Hopefully I come across some that further connect human development from the real world to Brave New World. I know that there was the one we went over in class, that I for the life of me cant remember and am too tired to look up real quick. It had a lot of good stuff in it I remember thinking in class… I think. Ugh, I have some reading to do….
