The Unexpected Downside of Science Explored in Aldous...

The Unexpected Downside of Science Explored in Aldous Huxleys Brave New World Since the first day that humans were put on this earth, they have been curious and have searched for ways to become more efficient. Throughout the years they have created tools to better serve them, created clothing to keep them warm, built homes to protect them from the elements, and produced transportation methods to transport them across the world. In Aldous Huxleys Brave New World (1932), the human race has evolved to being extremely efficient in everything that they do. This efficiency includes producing new human beings. Science has taken over and altered the society. Imagine not having a family to care for you or you for them. In Huxleys book,†¦show more content†¦Each class is specified in Greek letters. The upper class is the Alpha class, followed by the Beta class and so on. One would think that a person of a lower class would prefer to be an Alpha, but in Huxleys book the well conditioning of humans since birth allows the lower class to be thankful that they are not a part of any other class. Most of the mental conditioning occurs during the sleeping hours of the children. While the children sleep, speakers that are scattered throughout the room repeat a phrase over and over. The children then repeat the exact phrase over and over in their sleep. A conditioning phrase giving to the Beta class would state, Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because theyre so frightfully clever. Im really glad Im a Beta, because I dont work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I dont want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. Theyre too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly colour. Im so glad Im a Beta (18). The director running the conditioning of the new humans stated that, Theyll have that repeated [. . .] A hundred and twenty times three times a week for thirty months. After which they go on to a more advanced lesson. Till at last the childs mind is these suggestions, and the sum of the