A BRAVE NEW WORLD
"Cleanliness is next to Fordliness"(5), was an attitude impressed upon the people of Aldous Huxley's, Brave New World. A society free of disease and suffering was achieved through a technique of conditioning called hynopaedia. "Civilization is sterilization", was a hynopaedic slogan used to attain the ideal society. This idea was manifested through the anesthetizing people's emotions, the sterilization of humans and the cleanliness of society.
The Brave New World untainted people of emotions through the elimination of families and the promotion of soma. To eliminate close bonds between two people promiscuity was advocated. This was achieved through hynopaedia during childhood. Through this technique intimate relationships between people were eliminated. People of Brave New World did not know what a family was. At the mention of the words mother and father, during a tour of the London Hatchery, the students became silent and many began to blush. Soma was......
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