Brave New World Entry 2

Please read chapters 6-10 (approx. pgs. 58-98) of Brave New World tonight.
If you have not done so already, set up a blog on Blogger and e-mail me
the URL so that I can find it. This is a non-negotiable expectation. All
blog entries will need to be posted by 7AM the day on which they're due.
If I do not receive a URL by tomorrow morning AND find TWO blog posts by
tomorrow morning (Dajana excepted), then you will be penalized.

Also, for tonight's blog entry you should try and connect BNW to the
dystopian genre and a film that exemplifies that genre. Try to think of
films you've already see, but if nothing comes to mind you should do some
googling and some viewing. Ask yourself, what do these films have in
common? What sets them apart? What comments about society/people do these
films appear to be making? Why did the filmmakers choose the dystopian
genre to make this comment?

These questions are only suggestions to guide your blogging. Even better
if you come up with you own. Remember, now that we are several weeks into
this class we need to begin moving away from plot summary and toward
persuasive scholarly arguments. Your blog posts should have ideas with
which I, or anyone, could agree or disagree. They should not be merely a
summary of what happened chapter to chapter and to whom it happened. In
making your argument, either look for patterns or key scenes...ultimately
your writing should follow the format of:

"While reading I noticed _________________________. This is significant to
the novel because ________________".

As always, I am very available by e-mail if you have any questions. Feel
free to contact me.


(aeon flux, matrix, equilibrium, v for vendetta, ultraviolet, daybreakers, the fifth element, resident evil, wall-e)


Because BNW is a dystopian genre, it is already considered science fiction since dystopia is a subgenre (or subcategory) of science fiction. The novel seems to take place in alternative future because it doesn't correlate with our's. It takes place after the death of Ford, which is probably going to be set somewhere in the year 2500(?). The mass production of humans and artificial mediums in which humans can grow are not yet possible. At first, this appears to be a utopia but it actually has quite a lot of problems with Bernard's antisocial behavior and the exile to Iceland. He is also the protagonist that seems self-aware and starts questioning the world aroudn him. BNW features the same conventions as dystopian novels.


Equilibrium (E) exemplifies BNW because of their caste systems and repressive doctrine. In E, citizens are forced to inject themselves with a daily dose that suppresses emotion, there is a high level of conformity, and the caste system is represented in the stratification of police. In BNW, the people are inclined to take soma to make themselves happy, there is also a high level of conformity within each class, and the caste system is formed by the their physical traits which are intently genetically engineered. What sets them apart would be the use of the drug, human production, and in BNW, the people are allowed to feel emotion.