Brave New World Project
Ashton Cornett
Dear Family,
I have arrived in the town called London. This is the first time I’ve left home to go to a different country. I hope that I can make more of my life in a big city like London instead of my little town in New Mexico. I heard only good things about London so I figured that this would be the place to go to. I have heard that London was classified as a utopian city but I will believe it when I see it. This being my first time here I have been watching how people act and listening to what they say about what it is like living in this strange city were everyone was happy. I was hoping not to draw to much attention to myself. Being here for only a few I felt this was a city that is much different than what I‘m used to being around. I felt weird in this strange city that I have left my home to come to.
When I first arrived in this city they took everything that I had that had to do with science or poetry or anything else that went with learning. I didn’t ask why they did this, so that I didn’t get in trouble with asking. Everyone that I walked by would just stare at me like I was on exhibit for everyone to see. I met with the director then he started to show me to some of the more important places around London. He didn’t seem sure about me when he talked to me.
I have learned that the people here aren’t born the same way as back home. The children here are from machines and raised in tubes. After they are grown enough they start conditioning for their future life’s when they grow up. The children are grown for their future lives once they are old enough to live their lives. These groups are Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma and Epsilons are the groups that these people are put in from the best and to the lowest of the people. These groups are how their jobs will be also; if you are an Alpha you will be a leader and if you are an Epsilon or a Gamma would you get the jobs that are easier.
When we were close to the end of the tour a big lady and a young man walked in the room. They were led by a man that looked like he lived in London but the other two didn’t look as if they were from around here. They were dressed much differently then the people around here and didn’t look young or happy like everyone else. The woman started to shout to the Director like she knew who he was, than the young man started talking about him being his father. I got confused because I was told that children don’t get born. The Director left the room as if he was in shame.
After the tour I meet with one of the World Controllers named Mustapha Mond, I asked him why that everyone was so happy he told me about a pill called soma that they made up, so when people took it they fell happy even in the worst of times in their life’s. He told me that this was a perfect world for all people to live in.
After I left from meeting with the World Controller I noticed two men talking about the restrictions that they had to fallow and how they were unfair to the people that
are living here. When I was listing to them I heard that their names were Helmholtz and
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the other was named Bernard, they were the first people that I have seen that weren’t happy with the life that they live here. These two men started to make it seem like it isn’t a perfect world to live in for some people not all people but some people. What they said started to make me think that this might not be a perfect world but a lie that got too big to control. I never thought that there could be a city that was perfect so it must have been something that they tried to make so that they could have total control of their people.
Later I found myself in a hospital that was made, not to help people that are sick but for people that are dying. I guess that I chose the wrong time to visit this place because there was a man that was going crazy over a person that was dying in a bed. I asked the nearest nurse what was going on because I was told that people didn’t care about people dying. She told me that he wasn’t from around London but that he was brought here from New Mexico. Apparently he was from our same town as I was; I was wondering way his face seemed to be familiar to me. To make the problem worse, the nurse told me that they were bringing in children to be conditioned to not be bothered by death. This was just making the man angrier with the kids asking him what was wrong with him and who the person in the bed was. I left the room before things got too far out of hand.
As I left the dying hospital I got stuck in a crowd of people, I asked what everyone was waiting for. The man next to me told me that they were waiting for their soma rations but it was taking longer than usual. I looked up ahead and saw the same man from inside the hospital throwing the soma bottles away, he was yelling something about how that soma was bad for people and that he was trying to free them. When I was looking in the crowd I saw Bernard and Helmholtz, they acted as if they knew this man. After a few people started to panic when they all realized that all their soma was being thrown away. Soon the security came out and stopped him from trying to start a riot with the people.
After the whole incident at the hospital I was called back to the world controller’s office because the man that started the riot came from the same town as me. I knew that I had seen him some where before I had come to London. The reason that I was called back was to make statement about the man that has been making a mess of their perfect lives, he was apparently named John. They felt that they could use my word on how I felt about what happened in the time that I have been in town.
Also in the meeting were both Helmholtz and Bernard were attending also to talk about what John had been doing around town. During the meeting John started talking about how this world was controlling people too much and that the soma kills people that take it. He said that he just wants to be left alone; Mustapha said that they wanted to keep John around so that they could watch how he lives in their town and to see how they can make it so that he fits in with other people that he will be with. Mustapha told Bernard that he will probably be sent to an island. Then Bernard started freaking out saying it was their fault for what happened, then the security came in and took him away from the room. After they left, Mustapha said that it was actually a good thing for him because he
would be with people that are like him. I wasn’t sure what he was talking about because
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never really talked to Bernard before this time.
The meeting got me thinking that if people are free thinkers that they are different than the normal person they are not treated the same as the other people and are sent away so that they can’t influence people the wrong way. Helmholtz and I were told to leave so that Mustapha wanted to talk to John in private . For the whole time that I was in this town I almost saw nothing perfect about how the government is running the people that live under their rule. My thought is to never move to this world that is strict on everything that we love.
After the meeting John disappeared. For a while after John left everything started to seem to be normal to me. There was not problems around anymore, Helmholtz and Bernard ended up being sent to an island and weren’t heard from. When you are sent to a island the government just leaves you there and doesn’t communicate with them. One day I was walking down town and looked at a nearby newspaper and saw a story of man living in at old light house outside of town and was wiping himself in the back for no reason that the reporters could tell of. After reading it for a few I looked at the picture that was with the article and realized that the man wiping himself was John. I figured that it was just a small story that would be forgotten about soon enough, but I was far from right. A couple of days later I noticed that they had made a movie about John living out in the light house.
I knew that this was turning it into something more than it ever should have become. People started to go out and watch him in person. I figured that I mine as well go and see what was true about everything that was told. There were tons of people all around, I couldn’t see much but I started to hear screaming in the front of the group I wasn’t sure what was happening. Latter I learned that John had attacked a woman. After everything was over and everyone had left some reporters went to talk to John and found that he had hung himself.
I have seen what this governments control can do to someone that wasn’t grow in a jar and told how to grow up and live. I say that anyone who is a free thinker should never try to live in this paradox of a world these people live life in.
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Sincerely
Rob
Dear Family,
I have arrived in the town called London. This is the first time I’ve left home to go to a different country. I hope that I can make more of my life in a big city like London instead of my little town in New Mexico. I heard only good things about London so I figured that this would be the place to go to. I have heard that London was classified as a utopian city but I will believe it when I see it. This being my first time here I have been watching how people act and listening to what they say about what it is like living in this strange city were everyone was happy. I was hoping not to draw to much attention to myself. Being here for only a few I felt this was a city that is much different than what I‘m used to being around. I felt weird in this strange city that I have left my home to come to.
When I first arrived in this city they took everything that I had that had to do with science or poetry or anything else that went with learning. I didn’t ask why they did this, so that I didn’t get in trouble with asking. Everyone that I walked by would just stare at me like I was on exhibit for everyone to see. I met with the director then he started to show me to some of the more important places around London. He didn’t seem sure about me when he talked to me.
I have learned that the people here aren’t born the same way as back home. The children here are from machines and raised in tubes. After they are grown enough they start conditioning for their future life’s when they grow up. The children are grown for their future lives once they are old enough to live their lives. These groups are Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma and Epsilons are the groups that these people are put in from the best and to the lowest of the people. These groups are how their jobs will be also; if you are an Alpha you will be a leader and if you are an Epsilon or a Gamma would you get the jobs that are easier.
When we were close to the end of the tour a big lady and a young man walked in the room. They were led by a man that looked like he lived in London but the other two didn’t look as if they were from around here. They were dressed much differently then the people around here and didn’t look young or happy like everyone else. The woman started to shout to the Director like she knew who he was, than the young man started talking about him being his father. I got confused because I was told that children don’t get born. The Director left the room as if he was in shame.
After the tour I meet with one of the World Controllers named Mustapha Mond, I asked him why that everyone was so happy he told me about a pill called soma that they made up, so when people took it they fell happy even in the worst of times in their life’s. He told me that this was a perfect world for all people to live in.
After I left from meeting with the World Controller I noticed two men talking about the restrictions that they had to fallow and how they were unfair to the people that
are living here. When I was listing to them I heard that their names were Helmholtz and
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the other was named Bernard, they were the first people that I have seen that weren’t happy with the life that they live here. These two men started to make it seem like it isn’t a perfect world to live in for some people not all people but some people. What they said started to make me think that this might not be a perfect world but a lie that got too big to control. I never thought that there could be a city that was perfect so it must have been something that they tried to make so that they could have total control of their people.
Later I found myself in a hospital that was made, not to help people that are sick but for people that are dying. I guess that I chose the wrong time to visit this place because there was a man that was going crazy over a person that was dying in a bed. I asked the nearest nurse what was going on because I was told that people didn’t care about people dying. She told me that he wasn’t from around London but that he was brought here from New Mexico. Apparently he was from our same town as I was; I was wondering way his face seemed to be familiar to me. To make the problem worse, the nurse told me that they were bringing in children to be conditioned to not be bothered by death. This was just making the man angrier with the kids asking him what was wrong with him and who the person in the bed was. I left the room before things got too far out of hand.
As I left the dying hospital I got stuck in a crowd of people, I asked what everyone was waiting for. The man next to me told me that they were waiting for their soma rations but it was taking longer than usual. I looked up ahead and saw the same man from inside the hospital throwing the soma bottles away, he was yelling something about how that soma was bad for people and that he was trying to free them. When I was looking in the crowd I saw Bernard and Helmholtz, they acted as if they knew this man. After a few people started to panic when they all realized that all their soma was being thrown away. Soon the security came out and stopped him from trying to start a riot with the people.
After the whole incident at the hospital I was called back to the world controller’s office because the man that started the riot came from the same town as me. I knew that I had seen him some where before I had come to London. The reason that I was called back was to make statement about the man that has been making a mess of their perfect lives, he was apparently named John. They felt that they could use my word on how I felt about what happened in the time that I have been in town.
Also in the meeting were both Helmholtz and Bernard were attending also to talk about what John had been doing around town. During the meeting John started talking about how this world was controlling people too much and that the soma kills people that take it. He said that he just wants to be left alone; Mustapha said that they wanted to keep John around so that they could watch how he lives in their town and to see how they can make it so that he fits in with other people that he will be with. Mustapha told Bernard that he will probably be sent to an island. Then Bernard started freaking out saying it was their fault for what happened, then the security came in and took him away from the room. After they left, Mustapha said that it was actually a good thing for him because he
would be with people that are like him. I wasn’t sure what he was talking about because
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never really talked to Bernard before this time.
The meeting got me thinking that if people are free thinkers that they are different than the normal person they are not treated the same as the other people and are sent away so that they can’t influence people the wrong way. Helmholtz and I were told to leave so that Mustapha wanted to talk to John in private . For the whole time that I was in this town I almost saw nothing perfect about how the government is running the people that live under their rule. My thought is to never move to this world that is strict on everything that we love.
After the meeting John disappeared. For a while after John left everything started to seem to be normal to me. There was not problems around anymore, Helmholtz and Bernard ended up being sent to an island and weren’t heard from. When you are sent to a island the government just leaves you there and doesn’t communicate with them. One day I was walking down town and looked at a nearby newspaper and saw a story of man living in at old light house outside of town and was wiping himself in the back for no reason that the reporters could tell of. After reading it for a few I looked at the picture that was with the article and realized that the man wiping himself was John. I figured that it was just a small story that would be forgotten about soon enough, but I was far from right. A couple of days later I noticed that they had made a movie about John living out in the light house.
I knew that this was turning it into something more than it ever should have become. People started to go out and watch him in person. I figured that I mine as well go and see what was true about everything that was told. There were tons of people all around, I couldn’t see much but I started to hear screaming in the front of the group I wasn’t sure what was happening. Latter I learned that John had attacked a woman. After everything was over and everyone had left some reporters went to talk to John and found that he had hung himself.
I have seen what this governments control can do to someone that wasn’t grow in a jar and told how to grow up and live. I say that anyone who is a free thinker should never try to live in this paradox of a world these people live life in.
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Sincerely
Rob
Brave New World digital Arts Project
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BNW Seminar Reflection
1. What was the most interesting idea discussed in your seminar yesterday? Explain it and develop in detail.
I feel that the most interesting idea that we discussed in our seminar yesterday was if we feel that it would be better with intense suffering and intense pleasure or to have easy small pleasures. When we talked about this topic it went around in many different ways but seemed to be over all that it was better to have intense suffering and pleasures. There was many good reasons but the best was Dylan's quote about a friends mom going through cancer and appreciating life more then before.
2. Quote one quotation from the novel you wished you would have included in the discussion, and explain why you wish you could include it.
One quote that i would have liked to add to the seminar was when John was talking to Mustapha Mond confronting him about leaving art and science to be happy. I would have added this when we were talking about what happiness was and this would have shown how happiness controlled us and what we are.
3. What were you most proud of about your seminar performance yesterday?
The thing that I was most proud during the seminar was when people were talking but what they said was confusing I could help clarify what the were saying for both me and the others in the seminar.
I feel that the most interesting idea that we discussed in our seminar yesterday was if we feel that it would be better with intense suffering and intense pleasure or to have easy small pleasures. When we talked about this topic it went around in many different ways but seemed to be over all that it was better to have intense suffering and pleasures. There was many good reasons but the best was Dylan's quote about a friends mom going through cancer and appreciating life more then before.
2. Quote one quotation from the novel you wished you would have included in the discussion, and explain why you wish you could include it.
One quote that i would have liked to add to the seminar was when John was talking to Mustapha Mond confronting him about leaving art and science to be happy. I would have added this when we were talking about what happiness was and this would have shown how happiness controlled us and what we are.
3. What were you most proud of about your seminar performance yesterday?
The thing that I was most proud during the seminar was when people were talking but what they said was confusing I could help clarify what the were saying for both me and the others in the seminar.