BRAVE NEW WORLD
Krishna Parikh
1| Quote
“And I've got plenty more,” Mustapha Mond continued, resuming his seat. “A
whole collection of pornographic old books. God in the safe and Ford on the
shelves.” He pointed with a laugh to his avowed library-to the shelves of books,
the rack full of reading-machine bobbins and sound-track rolls.
“But if you know about God, why don’t you tell them?” asked the Savage
indignantly. “Why don’t you give them these books about God?”
“For the same reason as we don’t give them Othello: they’re old; they’re about
God hundreds of years ago. Not about God now.”
“But God doesn't change.”
“Men do, though.”
“What difference does that make?”
“All the difference in the world,” said Mustapha Mond.
Analysis| This exchange between Mustapha Mond and John occurs in Chapter 17. The Controller and the Savage had been conversing about World State for a while, during which John took note of Mond's extensive knowledge of books. Their conversation eventually leads to the topic of religion, during which Mond makes clear that religion has no place in World State. Religion is a sort of "x factor" that is not controllable, and therefore threatens the stability that the Controllers wish to maintain. Religion plays a key role in our society, with many people who devout their entire lives to spirituality. In World State, there are no Gods, let alone any religions.
2| Dystopian Paragraphs
3| Theme Song
4| Dystopian Wordle
5| Shakespeare Investigation
6| GMOs
7| Dystopian Hero in Today's World
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