Chapter 3 & 4: Everyone Belongs to Everyone

The next chapters presents characters and explains the world's idea in that everyone belongs to everyone. This, to me, means everyone has a right to you in the physical aspect. Therefore it's easy to see why the people of the BNW are regularly involved in sexual activity with many different people. Being promiscuous is seen as the right thing and staying with only one person is seen as outrageous.

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There is one person who stands different from the rest, Bernard. He feels that this idea of belonging to everyone is not quite right and so therefore likes to be alone most of the time. Though, Lenina, a popular girl, is very curious about him, and she finds his short height and personality to be endearing, also a little strange too (remember every person in BNW is engineer, even their height). I believe soon they will form a relationship and possibly travel to the Savage Reservation. 

The more I read into this book the more I find it bazaar and fascinating. Also, I'm really glad I don't belong to anyone! 

Thanks for your comments on my previous post. 

Chapter 1 & 2: Decanting Humans

The definition of decanting is to gradually pour from one container to another, so as not to disturb the substance. This is how the people of the Brave New World are born. With a one embryo and one sperm can create tens of thousands of humans by putting the to together in a decanting process and then duplicating them over and over. But why would the people of this world want that? To create community, identity, and stability; the ultimate goal of their society.

                                                                                    

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This futuristic world tries to accomplish this by cloning and brainwashing. At a young age everyone in the community is made to think certain things are bad and other things are good. They are put into to groups and depending on their status it defines how everyone will eventually live their lives. 

The idea of a perfect world is interesting but the extremes that the New World goes to is unideal and very scary. So far, I have found this book to be complex in its writing but intriguing in it's plot. 

Expectations for Huxley

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After reviewing my options of books to blog about I chose Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. I chose this book with the expectations that it would be entertaining and unusual to read. 

The book is about a futuristic world where everything is made to be "perfect," but this idea seems to mean everything is controlled. It is consumer driven and there seems to be little emotion involved with the people in this society. I have no clue how this plot could develop because the book's main idea is so peculiar. If I would guess, which I will, I would say someone in this world will not be engineer to be like everyone else and they make everything a mess!

Aldous Huxley's idea of a manufacture world is an awesome idea and I have high expectations for this book. I must be entertain, and it must be thought provoking! It's definitely not like anything I normally read so I hope to find this book worthwhile!