ISU Blog Post

The ISU book that I have chosen "Brave New World" also discuss about the acceptance of individuality. Every word thought, every sentence written and every conversation spoken nowadays is known as "self-thought" which definitely creates an individuals' identity. However, World state is something we can say-utopia or perfect world gone wrong that is shown through the character of Mustafa Mond and John. Mond is one of the ten world controllers in Brave New World and is the sole figure who is allowed to create rules and regulations such as bans for practising any religion, reading books, freedom rights etc. in order to maintain stability as already discussed. As a leader of the society, he believes that happiness refers to the immediate gratifications of every individual's desire for food, sex, drugs and other consumer items and is shown in the beginning of the novel. But the inadequacies of this world are made evident when an outside (John, the savage) with an alternative views arrives and feels alienated from the World state is multiple levels. John was always looking for an opportunity to be a part of the World state. But when he gets to know about the hidden flaws of the society, he is unwilling and unable to be part of it. For example: the overdose of soma in order to face unfamiliar and challenging situations in life as his mother (Linda) did her entire life, in other words, it basically creates a barrier that keeps the citizens away from the reality; various methods of brain  washing kids at early age and ban for reading books, citizens and enslaved by powerful technology, etc. The most interesting and shocking part of the novel is during the argument of John and Mond about the World State where Mond admits that their society is far away from perfect and said "who makes the laws is free to break the laws" which shows that leaders of the society themselves do not believe in their own rules. Meanwhile, John's suicide at the end of Brave New World because of no room and acceptance of individuality confirms that World State is utterly chaotic, regardless of all the efforts to maintain complete social control.