English 1028F/G Lecture Notes - Aldous Huxley
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Ppl have what to do with where they are and when they are. World state"s motto: community, identity and stability community=conformity babies being decanted from bottles lower cast members in society inflict brain damage- emerged in alcohol to produce lower intelligence. Epsiolon body was not fit to work till 18. If the physical development could be speeded up till it was quick, saw as a cow"s, what an enormous saving to the community (11) Seen against human rights- what is good for the community as a whole not the individual. Everybody belongs to everybody else : no intimate, personal relationships, no sense of family, no human being can be owned by anybody else. Mechanically the mother brooded over he children (her children) (31). Like jane eyre- she owns herself, doesn"t want to be rochester"s mistress. What do they mean by identity: alpha, gama, beta- identified by colours, clicks, use clothing to identify ourselves as a part of a group.