Pierce Livingston Gidion ERWC 2-17-15 Brave New World World Ch. 1- Reading !"estions Chapter 1
1. #he hatcher$ hatcher$ and condition conditioning ing center center %re%ares %re%ares e&'r$os e&'r$os (or h"&an h"&an li(e and and ta)es the the %lace o( h"&an %regnanc$. E&'r$os and in(ants are conditioned thro"gh ver'al and non-ver'al s$ste&s to (it into their social caste assigned d"ring social %redestination. 2. When the *irector *irector sa$s sa$s +%artic"lars +%artic"lars,, as ever$one )nows, )nows, &a)e (or (or virt"e and and ha%%iness, ha%%iness, he &eans having s%eci(ic )nowledge o( a o' allows $o" to (oc"s and "nderstand what $o" are doing, &a)ing $o" ha%%ier as $o" are aware $o" are contri'"ting to societ$. societ$. When he sa$s +generalities are intellect"all$ necessar$ evils, he is tr$ing to e/%lain that while it is necessar$ to have a general )nowledge o( things (or 'asic co&%rehension 0allowing (or s%eci(ic )nowledge o( $o"r role, those who thin) too &"ch on generalities g eneralities 0s"ch as %hiloso%hers do not contri'"te to the societ$ as the$ s%end so &"ch ti&e thin)ing the$ cant s%end eno"gh ti&e wor)ing. . Bo)anovs)$s Bo)anovs)$s Process Process is a cloning cloning %roced"re %roced"re where where an e&'r$os contin"al contin"all$ l$ divide to to create &ore identical e&'r$os. #his allows the govern&ent to control the % o%"lation and &ass %rod"ce h"&ans. 3. 4ocial Predest Predestinati ination on is the %heno&enon %heno&enon o( %lacing %lacing an e&'r$o into into a social caste caste 0l%ha, 0l%ha, Beta, *elta, Ga&&a, or E%silon at the 'eginning o( its develo%&ent and then conditioning c onditioning it d"ring the e&'r$o %hase and earl$ childhood to (it into the +&old o( the social caste it has 'een assigned. 5. #he hatcher$ hatcher$ %"r%osel$ %"r%osel$ )ee%s )ee%s so&e e&'ro$s e&'ro$s (ro& (ro& develo%ing develo%ing high high intelligenc intelligencee so the develo%ed h"&ans are s&art eno"gh eno"g h to do low-intelligence la'or, '"t not intelligent eno"gh to 6"estion a"thorit$ or re'el. . #here was nothin nothing g in this cha%ter cha%ter that that s%eci(ica s%eci(icall$ ll$ hel%ed hel%ed &e with with &$ research. research. 7. #he *.8.C. #a)es #a)es st"dent st"dentss thro"gh the the 8atcher$ and and Conditioning Conditioning Center, Center, e/%lain e/%laining ing the hatching and conditioning %rocess to 'oth the st"dents and the reader. 9. : a& so&ewhat so&ewhat con("sed con("sed when the a"thor a"thor 'rings in in s%eci(ic s%eci(ic n"&'ers. n"&'ers. ;or e/a&%le, e/a&%le, when
1. *elta 'a'ies 'a'ies are conditi conditioned oned to 'e a(raid a(raid o( 'oo)s 'oo)s and roses roses so the$ do do not waste waste ti&e reading reading or e/%loring the co"ntr$side, th"s 'eco&ing &ore dedicated to their wor) as the$ dont have
&"ch else to do. 2. #he World 4tates econo&$ is si&ilar to o"rs 'eca"se it de%ends on the choices o( the cons"&er. 8owever, 'eca"se %eo%le are conditioned to thin) a certain wa$ d"ring in(anc$, the$ are not reall$ a'le to ("ll$ &a)e an "n'iased decision '$ the&selves, creating a sit"ation si&ilar to a +%"%%et govern&ent '"t with the econo&$. . 8enr$ ;ord see&s to 'e treated as a deit$ 'eca"se the asse&'l$ line revol"tioni=ed %rod"ction and &an"(act"ring thro"gho"t the world. #he World 4tate see&s val"e the a'ilit$ to &ass %rod"ce and &a)e ever$thing "ni(or&, and as s"ch it is onl$ nat"ral that 8enr$ ;ord is seen as the hol$ savior o( a &ass-%rod"cing societ$. 3. Earl$ atte&%ts at slee% teaching (ailed 'eca"se the$ tried to acade&icall$ ed"cate thro"gh slee% 0(or e/a&%le, teach a child a'o"t the Nile river. 8owever, the children co"ld onl$ re%eat the in(or&ation the$ heard, '"t did not act"all$ "nderstand it, &a)ing it rather "seless. #his was recti(ied when the World 4tate "sed slee% teaching (or &oral ed"cation. #he *.8.C. E/%lains that &oral ed"cation is not 'ased in an$ rational reason so it does not need to act"all$ 'e "nderstand '$ the child to have val"e, so long as the$ 'elieve it. 5. Ele&entar$ Class Conscio"sness is a co"rse where st"dents slee% and are s"'tl$ ta"ght ideas thro"gh s&all s%ea)ers on their %illows. #he goal o( Ele&entar$ Class Conscio"sness is to i&%lant a non-rational idea into the &ind o( the st"dents over the co"rse o( two $ears "ntil the$ event"all$ 'elieve it wholeheartedl$. We do not have a si&ilar co"rse in o"r ed"cational s$ste& 0at least : ho%e not. : do not 'elieve it is a good idea 'eca"se it co"ld 'e "sed to rein(orce %re"dices and negative attit"des toward other gro"%s o( %eo%le. . Ele&entar$ Class Conscio"sness is a wonder("l e/a&%le o( "sing %ro%aganda to %ro&ote hate o( another gro"%. With race 'eing less i&%ortant in Brave New World than in o"r societ$ 0and other religions a%%earing to 'e non-e/istent, &"ch o( the %re"dice 'etween gro"%s see&s to 'e 'etween the social castes assigned at 4ocial Predestination. : a& eager to see the ("ll e((ect o( this conditioning later in the 'oo) to "se as s"%%ort (or &$ arg"&ent against s"'tl$ allowing :sla&o%ho'ia into the lives o( the &erican %eo%le. 7. #he *.8.C. Contin"es to"ring the st"dents aro"nd the 8atcher$ and Conditioning Center. 8e shows the st"dents conditioning o( *elta 'a'ies and e/%lains so&e o( the reasoning 'eca"se s%eci(ic conditioning choices. #he reader is also introd"ced to the conce%ts o( slee% teaching and Ele&entar$ Class Conscio"sness. 9. : a& con("sed as to wh$ the *elta 'a'ies are conditioned to hate %lants '"t are also conditioned to eno$ o"tdoor s%orts. #he *.8.C. 8ad an e/%lanation in the cha%ter '"t it didnt &a)e &"ch sense to &e. 8owever, neo-%avlovian conditioning is "st a theoretical %art o ( BNWs "niverse, and as s"ch as long as it &a)es sense to the other characters : do not thin) it is a %ro'le&. : wo"ld li)e to "nderstand it tho"gh as :& s"re it &a)es sense to so&e %eo%le.
