Movies have the power to make you think. After all, that's what they were designed to do. All movies have an underlying meaning that everyone is supposed to see and understand. I love watching movies because they help me see big picture things. I know that I living in America live pretty well, however in other countries, in different eras I'm oblivious to everything. At the end of the movie, Life is Beautiful, I was in dismay. I didn't understand how life was so beautiful, and I hated the name of the film for being so ignorant to the facts.
It was a film based during the Holocaust. A family was trapped, seperated, tortured, and yet life was beautiful. A child was hidden by his father successfully within his sleeping area and was saved. However, the father didn't meet the same fate. Instead, through his struggle to survive and reunite with his wife he is killed in the ending scenes. A son who suffered through the war and survived, who lost his father how is life beautiful?
In Brave New World a very similiar thing happens when Lenina and John go on their date.
"I don't think you ought to see things like that," he said, making haste to transfer from Lenina herself to the surrounding circumstances the blame for any past or possible future lapse from perfection.
"Things like what, John?"
"Like this horrible film."
"Horrible?" Lenina was genuinely astonished. "But I thought it was lovely."
"It was base," he said indignantly, "it was ignoble."
She shook her head. "I don't know what you mean." Why was he so queer? Why did he go out of his way to spoil things?
Lenina is shocked and disturbed that John didn't like the film. And John never really comes to comprehend why the civilized people like it. I experienced something of the same thing. When I was in utter shock at the film, it seemed I was the only one. My classmates understood that the life of the child was beautiful. It was in his eyes that the movie was being told. I remember Michael, explaining to me how the movie was in the eyes of the child. Almost the same reaction Lenina had about John spoiling things. I made the film seem like a horrible thing. However in the movie his father had shielded him from all the bad they were enduring. It changed my way of looking at life. I always thought I had it bad, but you know what, there are so many people that suffer now over small things that I feel I have no right to complain. My life is beautiful and it's my job to make the world a beautiful place. By whatever means are necessary and accessible to me. Purple Pinkie Week is something that is going to change the world. It's something that truly makes a difference and will make life beautiful.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Effects of the media
The media can have a strong influence on the way people think and picture the world. Everywhere we go, we see advertisements either on television, magazines, the Internet, etc... A lot of these advertisements tell the public whats in style and how you should look in order to be fit in. For example, an advertisement can show that you have to be a certain size, be muscular, or wear a certain type of clothing. This could lead to many problems because a person might start to think how advertisements want them to think. A person might say to him/herself that in order to be happy and fit in, they have to look or act differently. They have to stop being themselves and change in order to impress someone else.
One way that the media can have a major influence on someone is questioning their weight. Advertisements can show someone who is thin and looks happy, and people will think that the person in the advertisement is beautiful or handsome. This will then make someone think that in order to look handsome or beautiful and be happy, they would have to look like the person in the advertisement. The person will then question themselves whether they are to fat and have to lose weight to look like someone else. Many people try to lose weight, but some do it in an unhealthy way and this can cause serious health problems such as anorexia. The person will be so determined to lose weight that they can become extremely skinny and with health problems and this is the fault of the media because it gives the impression that everyone has to be a certain way.
We should all be aware of this because it can happen to anyone. Next time we see an advertisement in any form of the media, we should figure out what it wants from us and not fall in it's trap that can lead to serious problems in the future. And if we find someone falling in the trap, we should help that person, and not let that person try to impress another someone else by being someone they are not.
One way that the media can have a major influence on someone is questioning their weight. Advertisements can show someone who is thin and looks happy, and people will think that the person in the advertisement is beautiful or handsome. This will then make someone think that in order to look handsome or beautiful and be happy, they would have to look like the person in the advertisement. The person will then question themselves whether they are to fat and have to lose weight to look like someone else. Many people try to lose weight, but some do it in an unhealthy way and this can cause serious health problems such as anorexia. The person will be so determined to lose weight that they can become extremely skinny and with health problems and this is the fault of the media because it gives the impression that everyone has to be a certain way.
We should all be aware of this because it can happen to anyone. Next time we see an advertisement in any form of the media, we should figure out what it wants from us and not fall in it's trap that can lead to serious problems in the future. And if we find someone falling in the trap, we should help that person, and not let that person try to impress another someone else by being someone they are not.
Am I good looking or what???
The topic of discussion is social media. In the book, Huxley describes Linda as looking old, but in the new world the people continue to look young even when they’re past 35 years old. The people in the savage society doesn’t have the technology to do so or they’re not as concerned about their looks.
My personal interpretation is appearances and looks aren’t everything, but it is important. In the savage society I get a sense of people running around half-naked with stripped cloth like clothing as if they are a step up from cavemen. Since I’ve grown accustomed to reading about the brave new world society and their outlooks of the other societies, I think about a small, uncivilized community, and a very ambiguous government, which equals no stability. In reality when I think about savages I think about people living in these conditions due to the ignorance of not wanting to become more civilized. I find the complete opposite in the new world society. I have a mind frame of portraying a very civilized and organized people. I picture them being prompt, nice looking and well dressed. As they say, “Cleanliness is next to Fordliness”.
As far as this particular issue goes, in today’s world people have their own definition of being pretty. Magazines and televisions set the standards as far as what you should do to keep yourself looking nice. Just like the people in the brave new world society we have advanced technology such as: make up and surgery to alter our appearances. Sometimes when I’m watching television and I see other people dressed nice I feel like its time for me to get dressed up too, so that I can feel good about myself. These types of things influence me to want to look nice, not only for excitement of others, but for myself.
My personal interpretation is appearances and looks aren’t everything, but it is important. In the savage society I get a sense of people running around half-naked with stripped cloth like clothing as if they are a step up from cavemen. Since I’ve grown accustomed to reading about the brave new world society and their outlooks of the other societies, I think about a small, uncivilized community, and a very ambiguous government, which equals no stability. In reality when I think about savages I think about people living in these conditions due to the ignorance of not wanting to become more civilized. I find the complete opposite in the new world society. I have a mind frame of portraying a very civilized and organized people. I picture them being prompt, nice looking and well dressed. As they say, “Cleanliness is next to Fordliness”.
As far as this particular issue goes, in today’s world people have their own definition of being pretty. Magazines and televisions set the standards as far as what you should do to keep yourself looking nice. Just like the people in the brave new world society we have advanced technology such as: make up and surgery to alter our appearances. Sometimes when I’m watching television and I see other people dressed nice I feel like its time for me to get dressed up too, so that I can feel good about myself. These types of things influence me to want to look nice, not only for excitement of others, but for myself.
Am I Good Enough?
In the book, Brave New World, the people are conditioned to believe they are supposed to look a certain way; if they don't, then you don't fit in. They believe that you're supposed to look young and beautiful throughout the end of days. In this society they don't permit the people to look older than thirty, they alter their physical appearance to meet these standards and fit in within their society.
People nowadays probably don't notice, we are being conditioned in believing how we're supposed to look physically . Media, like commercials, billboards, influence the way you view things. Most of the time, they promote the "perfect" body structure. In Victoria's Secret commercials, they are always showing slim models and telling you what you're supposed to look like. Many people have different views of what 'sexy' is, and in this comercial they tell you what it is and how it looks like.
When you don't look the same way the person in the add does it lowers your self-esteem, and you try everything in order for you to end up looking that certain way. And this is what the people from BNW's society is, they change their physical appearances in order for them to still look young, and never appear their real age. People in our society will never be satisfied by the way they look, they will never be good enough. In Bryan's blog, IMpossible Beauty he goes into detail why a person would never be "good enough".
People nowadays probably don't notice, we are being conditioned in believing how we're supposed to look physically . Media, like commercials, billboards, influence the way you view things. Most of the time, they promote the "perfect" body structure. In Victoria's Secret commercials, they are always showing slim models and telling you what you're supposed to look like. Many people have different views of what 'sexy' is, and in this comercial they tell you what it is and how it looks like.
When you don't look the same way the person in the add does it lowers your self-esteem, and you try everything in order for you to end up looking that certain way. And this is what the people from BNW's society is, they change their physical appearances in order for them to still look young, and never appear their real age. People in our society will never be satisfied by the way they look, they will never be good enough. In Bryan's blog, IMpossible Beauty he goes into detail why a person would never be "good enough".
The G-force
Here is a link to a gatorade commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIlEv34dKVI
In Brave New World, there is soma which people drink because it makes them feel happy. Its like a happy pill. The people take it when they see that they are getting sad or unhappy. I think that they are forced to take soma so that they don't have strange or inappropriate thoughts. Everything and everyone have to he the same and if something is different then you make be expelled to another country. I believe that in our world we have something similar but not exactly the same. I'm thinking about gatorade. We see that many professionals drink this and we think that that is what makes them good so we drink it idolizing them. But what we don't realize is that that's just a way to promote it. If we see that Derek Jeter drinks gatorade, people are going to want to drink gatorade so they will be a good baseball player like him. The gatorade commercials brainwash us into thinking that we will become as good as professionals. So just like they take soma to continue being happy, we drink gatorade to be like Peyton Manning. It's all in the advertisement.
In Brave New World, there is soma which people drink because it makes them feel happy. Its like a happy pill. The people take it when they see that they are getting sad or unhappy. I think that they are forced to take soma so that they don't have strange or inappropriate thoughts. Everything and everyone have to he the same and if something is different then you make be expelled to another country. I believe that in our world we have something similar but not exactly the same. I'm thinking about gatorade. We see that many professionals drink this and we think that that is what makes them good so we drink it idolizing them. But what we don't realize is that that's just a way to promote it. If we see that Derek Jeter drinks gatorade, people are going to want to drink gatorade so they will be a good baseball player like him. The gatorade commercials brainwash us into thinking that we will become as good as professionals. So just like they take soma to continue being happy, we drink gatorade to be like Peyton Manning. It's all in the advertisement.
Media influnces everyone
In Brave New World they are conditioned to not like nature and books. They are taught to not like this because they are conditioned not to. They are basically conditioned in everything. They are conditioned by hypnopedia. Also, every person is conditioned to do a different thing. But this conditioning is only seen in their society but not in the reservation among the savages.
Many people think that we aren't conditioned. We say that we are our own person and no one could condition us. But, we are wrong. Media has influenced people to buy certain things by advertising them. We see something on the tv and next thing you know we want to buy it just because we saw it. Like for example if your favorite celebrity is advertising something you are going to want to buy it just because your favorite celebrity has it. One of my favorites celebrities is Drake and he did an advertisment about Sprite. Since, I saw him drinking it, I decided to start drinking it as well. This, is not the only way in which we are conditioned. Everything, that goes on around us conditions us in some way.
Many people think that we aren't conditioned. We say that we are our own person and no one could condition us. But, we are wrong. Media has influenced people to buy certain things by advertising them. We see something on the tv and next thing you know we want to buy it just because we saw it. Like for example if your favorite celebrity is advertising something you are going to want to buy it just because your favorite celebrity has it. One of my favorites celebrities is Drake and he did an advertisment about Sprite. Since, I saw him drinking it, I decided to start drinking it as well. This, is not the only way in which we are conditioned. Everything, that goes on around us conditions us in some way.
Media and it's Influences
In Brave New World society has viewed other people as important or unimportant due to there height. In our society, people with great physical appearance have been viewed as normal or weird. In our society teenagers and adults try to achieve that "perfect" image of themselves due to influences of the media. For example, the brand Abercrombie & Fitch is an influence of the media. The pictures that Abercrombie produces to get people to buy their clothes are mostly: topless, muscular, tall, blonde hair, and white complected. This gives off an idea that in order to look "cool" or "attractive" you have to wear their clothes or just by wearing there clothes brand you would automatically be attractive and fit in with society. In Brave New World, Bernard has always been insecure about his height because he has an image to keep up. He is an Alpha-Plus and yet he can't seem to fit in or get the respect he deserves since he isn't like the other Alpha-Pluses. The same situation is applied in our society today, you see little girls wanting to be like music artist because they have fame, fortune, and a good life.
I think that, yes, media messes with people's heads. The media influences people of all ages to what clothes to wear, how to look (appearances), and even what you should like.
I think that, yes, media messes with people's heads. The media influences people of all ages to what clothes to wear, how to look (appearances), and even what you should like.
Social Media
“And yet, bottled as she was, and in spite of that second gramme of soma, Lenina did not forget to take all the contraceptive precautions prescribed by the regulations. Years of intensive hypnopaedia and, from twelve to seventeen, Malthusian drill three times a week had made the taking of these precautions almost as automatic and inevitable as blinking.” (BNW 77)
In the novel Brave New World Huxley focuses in the idea of conditioning via media. The media gives people in that society an idea of how to live their life not only happily but righteously as well. One of the most noticeable ways of this can be seen is in the aspect of sex. From the beginning children are taught that it is OK to be promiscuous. The music they listen to seems to put them in the right mood for intercourse and also they are given protection and told that it’s OK to do it as long as they use their protection. The the ideas of the society are openly shown through the media. This arises contrast and similarities amongst our society and the Brave new World society.
The similarities of these societies come through the fact that both influence their people to do certain things via the media. However, while Huxley’s world is open about it, our world is not. For example, when the topic about promiscuity and sex at a young age comes to the stage, most people look down on these things with a passion. However, there are commercials such as the Trojan condoms commercials that give the message to go do these things. Contrary to what parents teach their children, these ads tell teens that it is OK to go have sex as long as they are protected. In my opinion i believe this shows the hypocrisy of our world as opposed to Huxleys’s.
In the novel Brave New World Huxley focuses in the idea of conditioning via media. The media gives people in that society an idea of how to live their life not only happily but righteously as well. One of the most noticeable ways of this can be seen is in the aspect of sex. From the beginning children are taught that it is OK to be promiscuous. The music they listen to seems to put them in the right mood for intercourse and also they are given protection and told that it’s OK to do it as long as they use their protection. The the ideas of the society are openly shown through the media. This arises contrast and similarities amongst our society and the Brave new World society.
The similarities of these societies come through the fact that both influence their people to do certain things via the media. However, while Huxley’s world is open about it, our world is not. For example, when the topic about promiscuity and sex at a young age comes to the stage, most people look down on these things with a passion. However, there are commercials such as the Trojan condoms commercials that give the message to go do these things. Contrary to what parents teach their children, these ads tell teens that it is OK to go have sex as long as they are protected. In my opinion i believe this shows the hypocrisy of our world as opposed to Huxleys’s.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Good Amateur Many Excitement Simulator
Aldous Huxley doesn't make enough references to the games being played in the Brave New World society. The only sure game, or more like a sport, is Obstacle Golf. In the society, you are conditioned into liking sports but hating the outdoors. This will essentially keep you focused on the game of Obstacle Golf and you will be less likely to be distracted by other things: beauty of the outdoors. This sort of conditioning will also allow you to be part of the group in the society. In other words, if you aren't playing games such as these, then you are not part of society and are missing out.
In our society, games, such as Guitar Hero III, are another form of conditioning. The game simulate how it is to be a rockstar in this example. The game makes you want to play and be focused to it all day and not pay any attention to anything else. It provides many excitements. The video show Slash, a famous guitarist, coming out of an average joe signifies that anybody can do this. Which brings us back to another point in Brave New World: anybody can play Golf in the Brave New World. It seems everyone would play Golf at some point in their life in the Brave New World society. The Guitar Hero III game may refer to the felies also. The commercial makes you believe that the game will give you the sensations of performing live at a concert. In our society, people want to get those type of sensations so they buy the game. What also may affect games is the amount of people playing the game. If enough people are playing a game, you convince yourself that the game is good and you do go out and buy. This is one way that you may find yourself trying to fit in. This has happened to me when I heard of the Halo game series. I thought it was just going to be a blowout but it wasn't. A whole bunch of people were playing and it became a hit. Naturally, I followed the crowd and became a fellow gamer in the series.
In our society, games, such as Guitar Hero III, are another form of conditioning. The game simulate how it is to be a rockstar in this example. The game makes you want to play and be focused to it all day and not pay any attention to anything else. It provides many excitements. The video show Slash, a famous guitarist, coming out of an average joe signifies that anybody can do this. Which brings us back to another point in Brave New World: anybody can play Golf in the Brave New World. It seems everyone would play Golf at some point in their life in the Brave New World society. The Guitar Hero III game may refer to the felies also. The commercial makes you believe that the game will give you the sensations of performing live at a concert. In our society, people want to get those type of sensations so they buy the game. What also may affect games is the amount of people playing the game. If enough people are playing a game, you convince yourself that the game is good and you do go out and buy. This is one way that you may find yourself trying to fit in. This has happened to me when I heard of the Halo game series. I thought it was just going to be a blowout but it wasn't. A whole bunch of people were playing and it became a hit. Naturally, I followed the crowd and became a fellow gamer in the series.
Conditioned to Believe
The media now a days influences and conditions our society. A lot of the commercials you see on television, the ads you see online, to the billboards you see on the side of the freeway can be misleading. Many times when things are misleading, people tend to believe them and therefore are conditioned to believe a certain thing. In the book Brave New World, people are conditioned to believe only what they are told. Due to hypnopedia, the society only knows as much as they are told. For example they are conditioned to believe that nature is no good. To them, it's wrong to like nature. The society also doesn't believe in books. Nobody reads books in the "New World". Such conditioning could potentially lead to "the perfect society", but in our world, the perfect society is out of our reach.
When watching television, I often stumble upon commercials of cellphone companies trying to convince the public that their company is the better one. Many people, being as gullible as they are, fall for what these companies say and therefore are conditioned to believe that the cellphone company being promoted is the best one out there.
When watching television, I often stumble upon commercials of cellphone companies trying to convince the public that their company is the better one. Many people, being as gullible as they are, fall for what these companies say and therefore are conditioned to believe that the cellphone company being promoted is the best one out there.
Media and our behavior
In Brave New World the citizens are encouraged to play sports such as obstacle golf. It is deemed as socially normal to play obstacle golf and anyone who doesn't play obstacle golf is anti-social, and marked off as odd.This is the case with Bernard Marx; he doesn't enjoy playing obstacle golf and because of that is labeled an outcast and a nuisance. In Brave New World the citizens are conditioned to like obstacle golf and are taught that the more apparatuses required in order to play a game the better, that's why they enjoy obstacle golf which is a very elaborate game which requires lots of different equipment.
Now, let us take a look at our own society and what it encourages. I'd like to mention specifically the play 60 tv add. It attempts to encourage children to go outside and engage in some physical exercise at least sixty minutes everyday, the organization hopes that if children play sixty minutes everyday the obesity rate in children will decline, and the average health of children will increase.
The two examples I used are on two completely different ends of the spectrum, while one encourages specific behavior the other disproves of certain behavior, but both show how the media and our society's attitude towards things affect our decisions. In the case of Brave New World not playing obstacle golf is discouraged and for that reason people play it because they don't wish to upset the "natural order" of things. In the case of play 60 children are encouraged to do a certain thing because it's ultimately better for them.
Now, let us take a look at our own society and what it encourages. I'd like to mention specifically the play 60 tv add. It attempts to encourage children to go outside and engage in some physical exercise at least sixty minutes everyday, the organization hopes that if children play sixty minutes everyday the obesity rate in children will decline, and the average health of children will increase.
The two examples I used are on two completely different ends of the spectrum, while one encourages specific behavior the other disproves of certain behavior, but both show how the media and our society's attitude towards things affect our decisions. In the case of Brave New World not playing obstacle golf is discouraged and for that reason people play it because they don't wish to upset the "natural order" of things. In the case of play 60 children are encouraged to do a certain thing because it's ultimately better for them.
IMpossible Beauty
Media can influence the world to think in many ways. For me media has influenced by introducing me to what beauty is . Beauty for me used to mean having a pretty face, colored, well curved shaped body, and of course blond hair. Suddenly I realize that some girls had some of this traits, yet no one girl that I knew had all this traits. Soon I began to wonder if beauty was actually having all this traits. Now I know that the beauty that the media describes is impossible to achieve naturally. By this I mean that humans have created all these characteristics that create the perfect person, so in order to create a perfect beauty it would be impossible unless human actually create the person themselves. I saw a video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U that showed that beauty is impossible to obtain unless like in the video, humans take a part in and create the perfect person. This is exactly what is happening in Brave New World. The civilized society created a prototype that all human should do a certain thing, yet if the people were to naturally create this society it will be impossible because everyone is different. However the people decided that the only way to create the perfect society they will have to create the people. That is why in the book Huxley talks about how babies are conditioned. The babies are conditioned, so they could fit t0o all the requirements put by the society. Just like in the video the people had to intervene in porder to create perfect beauty.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Media and our Minds.
Media is corrupting our minds. Every now and then we rely on media to relieve our mind from stress and things that causes us to burn up our brain. These days when one has free time there is always some sort of media that will help you feel better. It may be something as simple as an ipod, computer, or even Xbox360. We always have all that technology waiting to be used and occupy our minds. One can get on the Internet and find something new every second.
In The Brave New World there is this substance supplied by the government, called soma. This "soma" is often used by everyone and is required by the government. Soma is pretty much a drug that makes you feel good and forget all your worries our anything that is not comforting, it blows your mind away and completely makes you happy. The government uses this for their advantage and allows them to easily control their people and keep everything stable.
So all in all, I believe that the soma is a little like todays media. It can easily be obtained and used and we use it for the same purpose. To take your mind off of things and take a break from life by just enjoying some TV, playing some video games, or surfing the web.
In The Brave New World there is this substance supplied by the government, called soma. This "soma" is often used by everyone and is required by the government. Soma is pretty much a drug that makes you feel good and forget all your worries our anything that is not comforting, it blows your mind away and completely makes you happy. The government uses this for their advantage and allows them to easily control their people and keep everything stable.
So all in all, I believe that the soma is a little like todays media. It can easily be obtained and used and we use it for the same purpose. To take your mind off of things and take a break from life by just enjoying some TV, playing some video games, or surfing the web.
Science Agrees
Life is said to be short, so we should make the best of it. However, we often focus on what the media guides to. We let our judgment be blocked. Instead of actually making our life as blissful as possible we burden ourselves with petty annoyances. The media says you have to look young or else your ugly. Even though, some people recognize the media effecting them, they are still falling for the trap. Wrinkles are ugly and we have to get rid of them. People who can't afford to get plastic surgery to preserve their young look turn to supplements. We are in constant search of the next best thing to help us look young. Now even science agrees with the philosophy of looking young. Now we have vitamin C to help in the process of looking young. Like in Brave New World everyone is conditioned to want to look young.
"Oh!" She gripped his arm. "Look."
An almost naked Indian was very slowly climbing down the ladder from the first-floor terrace of a neighboring house–rung after rung, with the tremulous caution of extreme old age. His face was profoundly wrinkled and black, like a mask of obsidian. The toothless mouth had fallen in. At the corners of the lips, and on each side of the chin, a few long bristles gleamed almost white against the dark skin. The long unbraided hair hung down in grey wisps round his face. His body was bent and emaciated to the bone, almost fleshless. Very slowly he came down, pausing at each rung before he ventured another step.
"What's the matter with him?" whispered Lenina. Her eyes were wide with horror and amazement.
"He's old, that's all," Bernard answered as carelessly as he could. He too was startled; but he made an effort to seem unmoved.
"Old?" she repeated. "But the Director's old; lots of people are old; they're not like that."
"That's because we don't allow them to be like that. We preserve them from diseases. We keep their internal secretions artificially balanced at a youthful equilibrium. We don't permit their magnesium-calcium ratio to fall below what it was at thirty. We give them transfusion of young blood. We keep their metabolism permanently stimulated. So, of course, they don't look like that. Partly," he added, "because most of them die long before they reach this old creature's age. Youth almost unimpaired till sixty, and then, crack! the end."
I find it ammusing how we nag to live happily ever after yet we fight every ounce of happiness that comes our way. Lenina wanted to go to the reservation. Then she see's one horrifying image and she is done. She wants to leave. The sight of the wrinkly old person physically harms her. She is disgusted at the sight. In this case it's not her fault to want to look young. She was conditioned to think like that. However, she thought the reservation would be fun and exciting so she should make the best of her experience.
"Oh!" She gripped his arm. "Look."
An almost naked Indian was very slowly climbing down the ladder from the first-floor terrace of a neighboring house–rung after rung, with the tremulous caution of extreme old age. His face was profoundly wrinkled and black, like a mask of obsidian. The toothless mouth had fallen in. At the corners of the lips, and on each side of the chin, a few long bristles gleamed almost white against the dark skin. The long unbraided hair hung down in grey wisps round his face. His body was bent and emaciated to the bone, almost fleshless. Very slowly he came down, pausing at each rung before he ventured another step.
"What's the matter with him?" whispered Lenina. Her eyes were wide with horror and amazement.
"He's old, that's all," Bernard answered as carelessly as he could. He too was startled; but he made an effort to seem unmoved.
"Old?" she repeated. "But the Director's old; lots of people are old; they're not like that."
"That's because we don't allow them to be like that. We preserve them from diseases. We keep their internal secretions artificially balanced at a youthful equilibrium. We don't permit their magnesium-calcium ratio to fall below what it was at thirty. We give them transfusion of young blood. We keep their metabolism permanently stimulated. So, of course, they don't look like that. Partly," he added, "because most of them die long before they reach this old creature's age. Youth almost unimpaired till sixty, and then, crack! the end."
I find it ammusing how we nag to live happily ever after yet we fight every ounce of happiness that comes our way. Lenina wanted to go to the reservation. Then she see's one horrifying image and she is done. She wants to leave. The sight of the wrinkly old person physically harms her. She is disgusted at the sight. In this case it's not her fault to want to look young. She was conditioned to think like that. However, she thought the reservation would be fun and exciting so she should make the best of her experience.
Violence is acceptable? How?
In our world, violence has been accepted more and more through media. This goes on through video games, movies, and cartoons. All of these types of media play a factor in how the kids of today will take the act of violence. In Brave New World, I noticed how everyone in Malpais wanted to be beating up John just because one person start it. People influence other people to do things. There is a link that explains in depht the different types of Media Violence.
I'd like to focus more on the video games because many people think that they are just fun and don't cause harm but it has a great influence in kids actitude. They have a rating for a reason. It's not right for a kid that is six years old to be playing Grand Theft Auto, a rated M for mature video game. The kids start thinking it is okay to hit people and before you know it that kid ends up in jail through its malicious acts.
I'd like to focus more on the video games because many people think that they are just fun and don't cause harm but it has a great influence in kids actitude. They have a rating for a reason. It's not right for a kid that is six years old to be playing Grand Theft Auto, a rated M for mature video game. The kids start thinking it is okay to hit people and before you know it that kid ends up in jail through its malicious acts.
The Misleading Meddia
In both Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and in the real world, media "conditions" people on what to think, do, or, even, say.
Brave New World conditions its people, as we said before, to be happy doing what they are needed to do for the society in order for the society to function properly. For example, hypnopedia, which is the repeating of things so that the people of the society memorize them even if they don't know what they mean, music, which is played is synthesized, meaning that it's, essentially, mechanical, and the games they play, which, most, involve sex and none allow privacy all condition the people in the society to believe what the creators of the society thing they should believe.
In the real world, media, new reports, articles, video games, movies, music, and more, has the purpose to affect or condition people. For example, because of the 9-11 incident caused by the Islamic extremist, we tend to perceive all Islams as terrorist. The news media blew the incident out of portion, that is, as far as all Islams being terrorist. Even, security in airports began to tighten up. People, who dressed like Islams, were frequently checked at airports after the incident. The general public became fearful if they had to fly with Islams. Though I had trouble finding video showing the new hostility for Islams after 9-11, I found a video in which Islams attempt to defend themselves.
Brave New World conditions its people, as we said before, to be happy doing what they are needed to do for the society in order for the society to function properly. For example, hypnopedia, which is the repeating of things so that the people of the society memorize them even if they don't know what they mean, music, which is played is synthesized, meaning that it's, essentially, mechanical, and the games they play, which, most, involve sex and none allow privacy all condition the people in the society to believe what the creators of the society thing they should believe.
In the real world, media, new reports, articles, video games, movies, music, and more, has the purpose to affect or condition people. For example, because of the 9-11 incident caused by the Islamic extremist, we tend to perceive all Islams as terrorist. The news media blew the incident out of portion, that is, as far as all Islams being terrorist. Even, security in airports began to tighten up. People, who dressed like Islams, were frequently checked at airports after the incident. The general public became fearful if they had to fly with Islams. Though I had trouble finding video showing the new hostility for Islams after 9-11, I found a video in which Islams attempt to defend themselves.
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