Colon Johnson Professor Saucers Verities Group N 29 August 2013 Freshmen Forum Response The freshmen forum was such a new experience, to hear multiple professors expound on their different views of Brave New World was very enlightening. The questions they presented and answered were those of which I had never even thought about. One talked about how satiric the novel is, and that it adversely correlates to William Shakespearean, The Tempest, which is about a family, and love, even marriage. There are many positive feelings which when Juxtaposed with Brave
New World, show major differences, exemplifying the satire. One other major point made about Brave New World is that, Just like someone who has a major injury, each person carries a pain around with them. In our world, someone might take a narcotic to help and ease the pain until they are satiated. In Brave New World it seems as though the people are never satisfied as they constantly take soma to ease their inner pain that they can’t describe. A final point, that leaves a terrifying effect on the reader is that in Brave New
World the citizens live in a reality that have acceptable social norms that are also expected. The terrifying thing about their norms is that everything we find acceptable, in their world, is thought to be intolerable. The examples given were books, and knowledge sources that we look to sources for furthering our individual knowledge which is unacceptable in their culture. In our culture now, woman are regarded as highly as men, but in the book, there are cabarets and strip-tease establishments which degrade the woman.
It is such a scary thought to think that everything about this book, technologically speaking, is entirely plausible and mostly possible. The incredibly astounding final thought that should engross any reader is the fact that even with all of the systems set up to deter inner thinking, each of these citizens have feelings that are innate that will start to show themselves before they take soma. It will be interesting to see what happens when the feelings are exposed. Brave New World Reflection By Jollifications
