I was looking around on the web and I found this quote. I think it relates perfectly with the novel and the theme. In society, they have rather successfully gotten rid of suffering, and if there is a slight bit of suffering, you take soma. I think I've learned from the novel that suffering is human nature, and we shouldn't try to exterminate an important part of our nature. Our suffering builds our character, and makes us who we are. It builds our precious individualism, which is taboo in the novel. Individualism is key in life, it gives us our value. I remember a point in the novel when the director was talking about banishing Bernard, saying nonchalantly that society as a whole will move forward without him. This to me is degrading to life. Society has forgot about the value of each person. They seem to be concerned with this collective entity of society, and not the individual people who comprise it.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Brave New World blog entry #20
"To hurt is as human as to breathe."-J. K. ROWLING
I was looking around on the web and I found this quote. I think it relates perfectly with the novel and the theme. In society, they have rather successfully gotten rid of suffering, and if there is a slight bit of suffering, you take soma. I think I've learned from the novel that suffering is human nature, and we shouldn't try to exterminate an important part of our nature. Our suffering builds our character, and makes us who we are. It builds our precious individualism, which is taboo in the novel. Individualism is key in life, it gives us our value. I remember a point in the novel when the director was talking about banishing Bernard, saying nonchalantly that society as a whole will move forward without him. This to me is degrading to life. Society has forgot about the value of each person. They seem to be concerned with this collective entity of society, and not the individual people who comprise it.
I was looking around on the web and I found this quote. I think it relates perfectly with the novel and the theme. In society, they have rather successfully gotten rid of suffering, and if there is a slight bit of suffering, you take soma. I think I've learned from the novel that suffering is human nature, and we shouldn't try to exterminate an important part of our nature. Our suffering builds our character, and makes us who we are. It builds our precious individualism, which is taboo in the novel. Individualism is key in life, it gives us our value. I remember a point in the novel when the director was talking about banishing Bernard, saying nonchalantly that society as a whole will move forward without him. This to me is degrading to life. Society has forgot about the value of each person. They seem to be concerned with this collective entity of society, and not the individual people who comprise it.
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Excellent work on the blogs, Anthony!
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