Sunday, October 11, 2009

Brave New World essay building

I think that the handouts D gave us are really going to help with my essay. This book has been crazy, from what I've heard and the small amount that I've read. I can't believe someone would make up something this backwards.. But really, how backwards is it? How wrong, well different, would it be for me to think that our worlds, in some aspects, are similar? The savages are like us in that they strive for individuality, sure, but our society also loves conformity and being the hypocritical contradicting so-called "liberals" that claim this individuality. Like the pregnant woman in the book, when someone looks especially out of the ordinary, or even slightly, do we not look at them differently or automatically assume that they are not like us, that there is no possible way that they are "normal"? Yeah, you see? I don't understand it either. Maybe this hypocracy has been taken to extremities with BNW, maybe this shows that these people are really, really striving for conformity, just like we subtly are, its satirical exaggerations speak for themselves thats for sure. That was a lot of commas, but you understand.
For my essay, I'm going to build on how important it is that we keep our individuality flowing and plentiful, to be found everywhere and expressed by everyone. I think humans are humans because we act as humans, not as mechanical robots. Humanism is expression, behaviorism, unpredicting, and to change any one thing that fits the human criteria is fatal to this needed individuality that is the fuel to our society's growth and circulation.
I can use those handouts because they explain the fatalities of revolutionization. Sure, some things becoming obsolete are much needed, but human nature? Come on. We aren't machines and we aren't animals. Even animals shouldn't be forced to perform under these restrictions because its just simply.. Unethical. Live and love as humans should, but don't use it as an incentive. It is fuel for the body's mind and soul, but these aspects of life are not all that we need for survival. No, we need much more.