Social Stability In Brave New World

By no means is our social structure perfect, nor is any social structure around the world. The whole premise of a society is to have different classes of people who are grouped together by certain circumstances. Societies tend to have spoken and unspoken rules, without rules the whole society would fall apart and break down. This breakdown of social rules is most often seen in the unspoken rules of a group, and highlights differences between social classes. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, displays how this social breakdown occurs when the spoken and unspoken rules of society are not followed, especially when it comes to the breakdown of marriage as well as general relationships between people.

John Steinbeck relates his characters to real life people because people in the real world are powerless and they can’t do anything more than what they are doing to fix the problem. The reader should think to himself that not all people are the same and that some just need a little bit of help to succeed in society. Most people are not going to make the American dream, but some people can just have a little bit of

A totalitarian regime suppresses the wants of the society and denies them the basic necessities of life. Through the portrayal of a totalitarian regime that oppresses the citizens in order to maintain wealth and power for a certain group of the population of Panem, Suzanne Collins warns against the idea of the government controlling every part of the citizens’ lives. In her book The Hunger Games, Collins appeals to the citizens of tyrannical governments such as North Korea, who have similar governments as the Capitol, and to the youth of America to be actively aware of their own political situation (Collins 18). The increasing dictatorship of the reigning Capitol played a key role in fueling the sparks of a revolution after Katniss Everdeen was chosen to be one of the tributes (Collins 24). Collins urges the youth of America to be actively aware of the political situation in order to prevent the tyranny of a totalitarian regime.

The three examples listed above are only a few characteristics that characterizes what a dystopia is, but there are many others. For example, the society seems to be an illusion of a perfect world, the natural world is banished and mistrusted, and the citizens are in constant fear of the outside world. As well as, the citizens having to conform to uniform expressions, being perceived to be under constant surveillance, and being controlled by the propaganda that is being spread. Dystopias really do seem to just be an illusion of a perfect society, but in reality is just a harsh world that we would never think of living

Human civilization have adapted to this world in the past century by slowly learning to live with other people in peace, but how will this change when there is no government to provide for social order? There are countless occurrences where the power of human nature have led to actions that disobey the rules of society, by causing harm to others. This breach of order is even more prevalent without social order, and is therefore of utter importance that a new leader is available to provide a sense of direction for a group of people. However, the choice of a wrong leader who acts solely for himself will have disastrous consequences for others. In the novel “The Lord of The Flies”, Jack’s authoritarian leadership style and his sole motive to remain

Michael Ignatieff believes that, for one to truly fit in with their peers, they must apprehend to the unspoken codes that reside among them. These unspoken rules are frankly actions and thoughts that society believes are unacceptable and shouldn't be preformed. As easy as it may sound, many characters throughout literature and people of today’s generation find following these unspoken rules quite difficult, mainly due to the fact that these codes are never vocalized, but expected of all. Unspoken rules, or tacit codes, are destructive to young people’s creativity and individuality as they produce the unsatisfactory results of a homogenous society. In J. D. Salinger’s, The Catcher in the Rye, the main character Holden Caulfield doesn’t follow the restrictive tacit codes that were set in place during the 1950s, mainly due to

If you think I’d let you take me home, you’re mad. No boy has ever said that to me in my entire life.” ( “Salinger" 148-149) Holden in his conversation with Sally”, “has given her reasoning of the world but his anger is aroused by her lack of understanding on his viewpoint. Holden went into his conversation with Sally seeking to fix his problems with living in society full of phonies. In the processes he was trying to get Sally to see the world through his eyes.

In Document E no one has any memories of color which is one of the reasons of why Jonas was so upset about because since there was no color in the community people couldn’t decide. This also builds on the idea that people have no freedom because they don’t even get memories of color, they don’t get memories of feelings, they don’t get memories of anything besides what the community lets them know. The idea of them having no memories is also told in Document B where the Giver tells Jonas how he has to hold all of the painful memories and soon he will to. The other people in the community have no idea of any of these memories and sure some of the people who say that this could be good because they are protecting the people from anything painful, but this is also bad because that is the problem without them knowing what hurting yourself is they think they can do most things like jump off of high ledges or other cases where it will end in harm. Since they don’t know what pain is they wouldn’t know what hurts them and they will probably end up living dangerous lives just how they don’t know that release is actually where they kill

Society’s Creation Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that protests culture and society. Toward the end of Chris McCandless’s life he started to show many signs of a transcendentalist. Unlike Thoreau Chris was not in it for his love of nature, but to free himself from a corrupt world and a bitter society. " So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future." (Krakauer p. 57) McCandless and Thoreau both idealized the American wilderness and shared the same thought that living a less materialistic lifestyle would positively affect ones being.

As a result they often felt trapped and helpless, unable to live to be their true selves because of the way the British community wanted them to live. Some never found out whom their true parents were, because they would usually be told that their parents either abandoned them or have died. Therefore they felt as if they were unaware of where they belonged, because even when they were forced to blend into the white's society, they never felt accepted. Most parents who have lost their children are unable to recover the loss of their child, because they know they are no longer there. As a result they can no longer be able to hand down cultural knowledge and therefore, the Aboriginals culture was most likely come to an abrupt

People in the novella, Anthem aren’t truly free like the Council leads them to believe. They can’t think for themselves, make their own decisions, or express themselves. All their days are planned out for them by the Council. You need to be able to be unique and have your own thoughts to be free.

People throughout history, and present, live in fear of judgment. They believe that their self-worth lies in the hands of other people. The fear of judgement restricts them from reaching their full capacity and potential. It molds them into what their discouraging peers want them to be. Theodore Roosevelt stressed the importance of not concerning himself of what others thought of his choices.

Those left to carry on would not fit into their society. No one would remember them or even understand what they know or feel. The veterans could not hold an occupation, further reinforcing the notion that their life would be dismal. They would not be able to “find their way any more” because the war has stopped-what is their purpose now that the war was over? To carry on, their entire previous life would be an alien idea.

Mustapha Mond comes to understand that the world state cannot allow the public to learn the truth because they have created a system where if the people found out they could have a choice of job it would destabilize the society. In addition to making Mustapha Mond unhappy, it demonstrates a key problem in Brave New World because the general happiness of the people comes at the loss of the freedom to choose what they do with their life. Helmholtz has realized that the world state does not allow him the freedom he could have in his job if the people knew the truth. In Brave New World to hide the truth and keep the people happy they can not have the freedom to choose their job. This demonstrates a problem created as a result of the conflict between truth and happiness in Brave New World because if everyone was happy and knew the truth the world state might be able to let them choose their job without the fear of it destabilizing the

Additionally, these families that are fatherless or motherless face financial difficulties because both parent are not there to work to make money. Children then, can not grown up to excel and eventually stabilize themselves financially so they fall back into the same patterns as their parents. The writer explains that high recidivism rates exist as of result of a lack of rehabilitation programs for drug offenders. Plus, they are not taught any integrative skills so they do not know how to go back into society. In addition, ex prisoners cannot get a job because of the question: “Have you committed a felony?” that they have to answer yes to.