Utopia? Or Not? (Final)
The novel "Brave New World" displays a world where people are
'assembled' to fulfill a sort of niche that the society needs them to
be. However, the novel "1984" is very opposite to "Brave New World" in
that people are all born naturally, but kept under a very close eye by
the Thought Police in order to maintain equilibrium and destroy the
very thought of rebellion. "Animal Farm" by George Orwell is a different novel that has
a farm of animals which are lead by a tyrant-like boar through whom all the
decisions are formulated. All three worlds control their people and do whatever needs to be done
in order for the society to have 'pure' and complacent citizens,
whether they must consume drugs or simply get arrested for as little as
talking in one's sleep, or work harder. This, though, does not mean
that the citizens were bad, just simply flawed. Deeply flawed. Views from "1984" and "Animal Farm" are very similar, in that both societies were led by a figure that has absolute power and uses fear and power to force the minds of the society to love them. The Thought Police and the dogs were very similar because they were the 'people' that carried out the punishments (Orwell, 1984). The Thought Police would come in the middle of the night and would kidnap people for small crimes and struck fear into the civilians for not so much as thinking of rebellion or rancor toward Big Brother. Similarly, the dogs of "Animal Farm" were ferocious and were the guards for Napoleon, their leader, who would not allow any its members a voice against his selfish decisions (Orwell, Animal Farm). These methods are useful in maintaining an equilibrium within the society. However, these societies do not, by any means, support the free-thinker without consequences. "Brave New World" was a more well-organized world in which the inhabitants were created to fit a certain position and the children were not produced sexually between two human beings, rather, sexually but artificially. When the civilians become unhappy, "a gramme is better than a damn" (Huxley 54). The slightest uncomfort is fixed with a pill of soma; removes the last ten unhappy thoughts. When there is a rebel or opposer of the equilibrium, they are ostracized and sent to an island where the free-thinkers go; those who do not fit into society. In "Brave New World", the society can not function properly when there is a disturbance or when people are causing such as the Savage are causing a raucus ; the use of soma is important to the balance of everyone. The Savage had just lost his mother and there were kids, whom all of which were identical, that were hysterical and jumping around her (Huxley). He then decided to throw the soma bottles the children were about to consume and threw them out of a window. He intended to teach the people how soma is useless and how the truth is better to be educated with, and to not have the troubles washed away, but rather to face them head-on. "'I'll teach you; I'll make you be free whether you want to or not.' And pushing open a window that looked on to the inner court of the Hospital, he began to throw the little pill-boxes of soma tablets in handfuls out into the area" (Huxley 219). Having a society that is based off of the consumation of drugs to maintain an equilibrium does not happen unless everybody follows the same guidelines. John came from a different place with different guidelines and was used to getting attached to people and mourning their deaths; in "1984" this was not so. The idea of creating people and their niche is very intelligent, but it destroys the purpose of nature and the soma destroys the purpose of facing truth and change. While separating the normal people and the natives, the people have become disconnected and they maintain totally different life styles because the Director believes in certain ways of leading his people-away from reality and veracity. This relates to how Napoleon of "Animal Farm" leads the animals away from believing what they saw as heroism by another animal as cowardice and utilizes the art of persuasion to change the minds of the farm. Without truth and change being introduced and thought by the civilians, in this case animals, then they have no knowledge of the flaws that their society has and how different perspectives of outer-society members are. Big Brother is the supreme icon of leadership and what should be done in "1984" (Orwell, 1984). Everybody in the society lives similar to nowadays, although everybody is divided a ration of items which often become depleted and are needed by everybody, one item, for example, is chocolate. Everybody loved chocolate. Many people understand these predicaments that they find themselves assimilated with, and they form thoughts of rebellion, which is the story of Winston Smith (Orwell, 1984). In his mind, he thinks "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER... (Orwell 18, 1984).These thoughts are what get people killed even by saying in their sleep or alone. Newspeak is a language that is simply a combination and elimination of words to create a very, very small number of thoughts that a person in Orwell's society could have because without words like 'rebellion' or 'bad', they can be eliminated, or in the case of 'bad', replaced with 'ungood' and so on and so forth. People that disobey the law can be sent to a place that deals with people that have thoughts of rebellion, or otherwise, and use methods of torture that have brain-washing affect; according to Orwell, "FREEDOM IS SLAVERY...TWO AND TWO MAKE FIVE...GOD IS POWER" (277). He, after, realized how inconceivably impossible it is to avoid from giving up or keep a seemingly easy promise. "Animal Farm" is very different in that it uses the idea of a dystopia without using the logical choice of humans, but rather with animals. There was a rebellion against the farmer who owned the ranch because he underfed them and would go days drunk and slump into a state of crudity (Orwell, Animal Farm). Afterward, the animals lived in harmony with each other until there was a battle to protect the farm, which led to the rule of Napoleon, a particularly aggressive and vicious boar. He led the farm to a new age similar to "Brave New World" and "1984" because no matter what he said, even if it could easily be proven incorrect, was considered right and could not be objected to. He was a tyrant, to say the least, because of the cruelty and lies that he committed (Orwell, Animal Farm). Orwell states that he believed, as so did the rest of the farm even before his reign, that "Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend" (43). Eventually, a band of pigs had been discovered walking on their hind legs across the field. For years humans were despised, until after a feud with a farmer, Napoleon decided to hold a feast, inviting over another neighboring farmer with whom he had hopes to become better acquaintances with. Then, a group of animals including Napoleon were playing cards when Napoleon and the farmer pulled out the exact same card at the exact same time. "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which" (Orwell 139, Animal Farm). Many times, rulers of utopias change their minds and contradict themselves from past statements, but civilians of the societies do not realize this because they are conditioned not to know anything other than what they are told by their leader. No utopia, no matter how well thought-out and planned it may appear, ever turns out perfectly because there are always little things that cause room for error within the society. For example, O'brien took in Winston, in "1984", he changed Winston's mindset and made him a hallowed man, but for what? They accomplished nothing that provided for a better and more similar life for any other people in the society. In "Brave New World", John the Savage brought about new ideas that changed the mindset of Watson and Marx, which, if one person can do that, then a couple natives could change the entire society. "Animal Farm" simply does not work correctly because of the hypocrisy and greed of the tyrannical leader. One must stick to one's rules that are made and can not change them for personal greed, or that creates an entirely unstable society. Utopias can not work out because they can not be carried out properly because man's mind works and is always thinking of things such as rebellion. Utopia? Or Not? (Draft 2) The novel "Brave New World" displays a world where people are 'assembled' to fulfill a sort of niche that the society needs them to be. However, the novel "1984" is very opposite to "Brave New World" in that people are all born naturally, but kept under a very close eye by the Thought Police in order to maintain equilibrium and destroy the very thought of rebellion. "Animal Farm" by George Orwell is a different novel that has a farm of animals which are lead by a tyrant-like boar by -through Docraygen 6/9/09 10:43 AMwhom all the decisions are formulated. All three worlds control their people and do whatever needs to be done in order for the society to have 'pure' and complacent citizens, whether they must consume drugs or simply get arrested for as little as talking in one's sleep, or work harder. This, though, does not mean that the citizens were bad, just simply flawed. Deeply flawed. good intro Views from "1984" and "Animal Farm" are very similar, in that both societies were led by a figure that has absolute power and uses fear and power to force the minds of the society to love them. The Thought Police and the dogs were very similar because they were the 'people' that carried out the punishments (Orwell - which one? (Orwell, Animal) or (Orwell, 1984) ? Docraygen 6/9/09 10:50 AM ). The Thought Police would come in the middle of the night and would kidnap people for small crimes and struck fear into the civilians for not so much as thinking of rebellion or rancor toward Big Brother. Similarly, the dogs of "Animal Farm" were ferocious and were the guards for Napoleon, their leader, who would not allow any its members a voice against his selfish decisions (Orwell). These methods are useful in maintaining an equilibrium within the society. However, these societies do not, by any means, support the free-thinker without consequences. "Brave New World" was a more well-organized world in which the inhabitants were created to fit a certain position and the children were not produced sexually between two human beings, rather, sexually but artificially. When the civilians become unhappy, "a gramme is better than a damn" (Huxley 54). The slightest uncomfort is fixed with a pill of soma; removes the last ten unhappy thoughts. When there is a rebel or opposer of the equilibrium, they are ostracized and sent to an island where the free-thinkers go; those who do not fit into society. In "Brave New World", the society can not function properly when there is a disturbance or people such as the Savage because they are different ???? -Docraygen 6/9/09 10:53 AM ; the use of soma is diar to balance of everyone. The Savage had just lost his mother and there were kids, whom all of which were identical, that were hysterical and ignorant of the impact that they had over John, the Savage (Huxley) sentence is poorly worded.. He then decided to throw the soma bottles the children were about to consume and threw them out of a window. He intended to teach the people how soma is useless and how the truth is better to be educated with, and to not have the troubles washed away, but rather to face them head-on. "'I'll teach you; I'll make you be free whether you want to or not.' And pushing open a window that looked on to the inner court of the Hospital, he began to throw the little pill-boxes of soma tablets in handfuls out into the area" (Huxley 219). what about your thesis?... need commentary. what do you deduce from your example? The idea of creating people and their niche is very intelligent, but it destroys the purpose of nature and the soma destroys the purpose of facing truth and change. While separating the normal people and the natives, the people have become disconnected and they maintain totally different life styles because the Director believes in certain ways of leading his people-away from reality and veracity. This relates to how Napoleon of "Animal Farm" leads the animals away from believing what they saw as heroism by another animal as cowardice and utilizes the art of persuasion to change the minds of the farm. and so? Big Brother is the supreme icon of leadership and what should be done in "1984" (Orwell). Everybody in the society lives similar to nowadays, although everybody is divided a ration of items which often become depleted and are needed by everybody, one item, for example, is chocolate. Everybody loved chocolate. Many people understand these predicaments that they find themselves assimilated with, and they form thoughts of rebellion, which is the story of Winston Smith (Orwell). In his mind, he thinks "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER... (Orwell 18).These thoughts are what get people killed even by saying in their sleep or alone. Newspeak is a language that is simply a combination and elimination of words to create a very, very small number of thoughts that a person in Orwell's society could have because without words like 'rebellion' or 'bad', they can be eliminated, or in the case of 'bad', replaced with 'ungood' and so on and so forth. People that disobey the law can be sent to a place that deals with people that have thoughts of rebellion, or otherwise, and use methods of torture that have brain-washing affect; according to Orwell, "FREEDOM IS SLAVERY...TWO AND TWO MAKE FIVE...GOD IS POWER" (277). He, after, realized how inconceivably impossible it is to avoid from giving up or keep a seemingly easy promise. yes - good. you need statements like these after the previous two paragraphs. "Animal Farm" is very different in that it uses the idea of dystopia without using the logical choice of humans, but rather with animals. There was a rebellion against the farmer who owned the ranch because he underfed them and would go days drunk and slump into a state of crudity (Orwell). Afterward, the animals lived in harmony with each other until there was a battle to protect the farm, which led to the rule of Napoleon, a particularly aggressive and vicious boar. He led the farm to a new age similar to "Brave New World" and "1984" because no matter what he said, even if it could easily be proven incorrect, was considered right and could not be objected to. He was a tyrant, to say the least, because of the cruelty and lies that he committed (Orwell). Orwell states that he believed, as so did the rest of the farm even before his reign, that "Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend" (43). Eventually, a band of pigs had been discovered walking on their hind legs across the field. For years humans were despised, until after a feud with a farmer, Napoleon decided to hold a feast, inviting over another neighboring farmer with whom he had hopes to become better acquaintances with. Then, a group of animals including Napoleon were playing cards when Napoleon and the farmer pulled out the exact same card at the exact same time. "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which" (Orwell 139). and so???? No utopia, no matter how well thought-out and planned it may appear, ever turns out perfectly because there are always little things that cause room for error within the society. For example, O'brien took in Winston, in "1984", he changed Winston's mindset and made him a hallowed man, but for what? They accomplished nothing that provided for a better and more similar life for any other people in the society. In "Brave New World", John the Savage brought about new ideas that changed the mindset of Watson and Marx, which, if one person can do that, then a couple natives could change the entire society. "Animal Farm" simply does not work correctly because of the hypocrisy and greed of the tyrannical leader. One must stick to one's rules that are made and can not change them for personal greed, or that creates an entirely unstable society. Utopias can not work out because they can not be carried out properly because man's mind works and is always thinking of things such as rebellion. your discussion is largely superficial. You need to engage more with a thematic discussion that then brings specific examples (concrete details) - grade 170/200. grade Utopia? Or Not? (Draft 1) The novel "Brave New World" displays try "portrays" -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:26 PM a world where people are 'assembled' to fulfill a sort of niche that the society needs them to be. However, the novel "1984" is very opposite should be "opposed" -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:26 PM to "Brave New World" in that people are all born naturally, but kept under a very close eye by the Thought Police in order to maintain equilibrium and destroy the very thought of rebellion. "Animal Farm" include author -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:16 PM is a different novel that has a farm of animals which are lead by a tyrant-like boar by whom all the decisions are contrived. egregious malapropism -Ray Colquhoun 6/4/09 8:51 PM All three worlds control their people and do whatever needs to be done in order for the society to have 'pure' and complacent citizens, whether they must consume drugs, or get arrested for as little as talking in one's sleep, or work harder. This, though, does not mean that they who's "they"? -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:18 PM were bad, just simply flawed. Deeply flawed. Views from "1984" and "Animal Farm" are very similar, pertaining to incorrect wording; try "in that both societies were led by..." -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:24 PM the leadership by a figure that has absolute power and uses fear and power to force the minds of the society to love them. The Thought Police and the dogs were very similar because they were the 'people' that carried out the punishments (Orwell). The Thought Police came in the middle of the night and would kidnap people for just small crimes and struck fear into the civilians to not so much as think anything of rebellion or rancor toward Big Brother. this sentence needs to be rewritten-"struck so much fear that..." or similar would be a good idea -Ray Colquhoun 6/4/09 8:52 PM Similarly, the dogs of "Animal Farm" were ferocious and were the guards for Napoleon, their leader, who would not allow any its members a voice "to voice their complaints" maybe? -Ray Colquhoun 6/4/09 8:53 PMagainst his selfish decisions (Orwell). These methods are useful in maintaining an equilibrium within the society. However, these societies do not by any means support the free-thinker without consequences. "Brave New World" was a more well-organized world in which the inhabitants were created to fit a certain position and the children were not produced sexually between two human beings, rather, sexually but artificially. When the civilians become unhappy, "a gramme is better than a damn" (Huxley 54). The slightest uncomfort is fixed with a pill of soma; removes the last ten unhappy thoughts. When there is a rebel or opposer of the equilibrium, they are ostracized and sent to an island where the free-thinkers go; those who do not fit into society. In "Brave New World", the society can not function properly when there is a disturbance or people such as the Savage because they are different; the use of soma is diar is that even a word? -Ray Colquhoun 6/4/09 8:55 PMto balance of everyone. The Savage had just lost his mother and there were kids, whom which were all identical this does not make much sense -Ray Colquhoun 6/4/09 8:57 PM, that were hysterical and ignorant of the impact of the effect delete this -Ray Colquhoun 6/4/09 8:57 PMthat they had over John, the Savage (Huxley). He then decided to throw the soma bottles the children were about to consume and threw them out of a window. "Throw" twice in the same sentence? come on... -Ray Colquhoun 6/4/09 8:58 PM He intended to teach the people how soma is useless and how the truth is better to be educated with, and to not have the troubles washed away to take away the effect of living without danger to truth. this one too, dude. does not make much sense. -Ray Colquhoun 6/4/09 8:58 PM"'I'll teach you; I'll make you be free whether you want to or not.' And pushing open a window that looked on to the inner court of the Hospital, he began to throw the little pill-boxes of soma tablets in handfuls out into the area" (Huxley 219). The idea of creating people and their niche is very intelligent, but it destroys the purpose of nature and the soma destroys the purpose of facing truth and change. While separating the normal people and the natives, the people have become disconnected and they maintain totally different life styles because the Director believes in certain ways of leading his people-away from reality and veracity. This relates to how Napoleon of "Animal Farm" leads the animals away from believing what they saw as heroism by another animal as cowardice and utilizes the art of persuasion to change the minds of the farm. Big Brother is the supreme icon of leadership and what should be done in "1984" (Orwell). Everybody in the society lives similar to nowadays, although everybody is divided a ration of items which can occasionally become depleted and are needed by everybody, or the chocolate rations are reduced. dude, their supplies are almost always depleted, and the way you stuck the chocolate ration bit on the end is rather extraneous and a little odd- it's like you're saying because their rations are depleted, the chocolate ration is reduced. -Ray Colquhoun 6/4/09 9:00 PMMany people understand these predicaments that they find themselves assimilated with, and they form thoughts of rebellion, which is the story of Winston Smith (Orwell). In his mind, he thinks "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER... (Orwell 18).These thoughts are what get people killed even by saying in their sleep or alone. Newspeak is a language that is simply a combination and elimination of words to create a very, very small number of thoughts that a person in Orwell's society could have because without words like 'rebellion' or 'bad', they can be eliminated, or in the case of 'bad', replaced with 'ungood' and so on and so forth. People that disobey the law can be sent to a place that deals with people that have thoughts of rebellion, or otherwise, and use methods of torture that have brain-washing affect; according to Orwell, "FREEDOM IS SLAVERY...TWO AND TWO MAKE FIVE...GOD IS POWER" (277). He, after, dude, egregious error! "after" what? maybe you wanna put "afterwards,..." -Ray Colquhoun 6/4/09 9:03 PMrealized how inconceivably impossible it is to avoid from giving up or keep a seemingly easy promise. "Animal Farm" is very different in that it uses the idea of dystopia without using the logically choice: use "logical choice of..." -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:27 PM humans, but rather with animals. There was a rebellion against the farmer who owned the ranch because he underfed them and would go days drunk and slump into a state of crudity (Orwell)should some part of this be in quotations? Sounds like a citation to me. -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:28 PM . Afterward, the animals lived in harmony with each other until there was a battle to protect the farm, which led to the rule of Napoleon, a particularly aggressive and vicious boar. He led the farm to a new age similar to "Brave New World" and "1984" because no matter what he said, even if it could easily be proven incorrect, was considered right and could not be objected to. He was a tyrant, to say the least, because of the cruelty and lies that he committed (Orwell). Orwell states that he believed, as so did the rest of the farm even before his reign, that "Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend" (43). Eventually, a band of pigs had been discovered walking on their hind legs across the field. For years humans were despised, until after a fewd spelling...*frowns* -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:28 PM with a farmer, Napoleon decided to hold a feast, inviting over another neighboring farmer with whom he had hopes to become better acquaintances with. Then, a group of animals including Napoleon add commas before and after-its a nonessential appositive -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:29 PM were playing cards when Napoleon and the farmer pulled out the exact same card at the exact same time. "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which" (Orwell 139). No utopia, no matter how well thought-out and planned it may appear, there arethe 2 highlighted sections don't agree with their verbs: use either "in no utopia" or "no utopia...is perfect;..." -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:30 PM always little things that cause room for error within the society. For example, O'brien took in what do you mean, "took in"? Took Winston in under his wing, or did he arrest him? find more colorful sounding synonyms that accurately get your point across -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:31 PM Winston, in "1984", he changed Winston's mindset and made him a hallowed need a different word: "hallowed" means "revered or honored". Winston was neither of those. -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:32 PM man, but for what? They accomplished nothing that provided for a better and more similar life for any other people in the society. In "Brave New World", John the Savage brought about new ideas that changed the mindset of Watson and HooverHoover? Come on, he only shows up like twice in the book. Find the correct character. -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:32 PM, which, if one person can do that, then a couple natives could change the entire society. "Animal Farm" simply does not work correctly because of the hypocrisy and greed of the tyrannical leader.2 things on this sentence: 1. Why doesn't the tyranny work? What exactly caused it to go wrong? 2. This is a weak concluding sentence, and it does not wrap up your ideas in the essay at all. -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:33 PM Overall, an essay that has good ideas, but it seems to lack a purpose. What are you trying to say? You have good examples and quotes, and the right ideas, but you need to put your main idea, the one you are trying to get across to the reader, into one sentence in your mind, then restructure the essay around that. For this essay, you should firmly decide whether you are agreeing, disagreeing, or simply qualifying the statement that "humans cannot live in, nor can they create a, utopia" or whatever it was. -Ray Colquhoun 6/5/09 12:34 PM Works Cited: Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Perennial Library, 1932. Orwell, George. 1984. New York: Signet Classics, 1949. Orwell, George. Animal Farm. New York: Signet Classics, 1946. |