In fact,' said Mustapha Mond, 'you're claiming the right to be unhappy. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. 'We prefer to do things comfortably.'īut I don't want comfort. All the tonic effects of murdering Desdemona and being murdered by Othello, without any of the inconvenience.' It's the complete physiological equivalent of fear and rage. It's one of the conditions of perfect health. What?' questioned the Savage, uncomprehending.

'Men and women must have their adrenals stimulated from time to time.' There's a great deal in it,' the Controller replied. Touch the fence and you die.“Isn't there something in living dangerously?' Only elite members of the controlling majority are allowed into this special fenced-off area.

The only humans living outside of this conditional existence are the savages who follow traditional old-fashioned ways inside a Savage Reservation, based in New Mexico.

Recreation comes in the form of electromagnetic or Obstacle golf, tennis and flying around in special planes and helicopters.Illness and old age are a thing of the past.There's no reason for outspoken individuality in this smoothly created linear social hierarchy of Alphas, Betas, Deltas, Gammas and Epsilons.Marriage, parenthood, family and home are long-lost concepts. Sexual experiences are encouraged from an early age.No one is ever alone except when they take soma, and emotional engineering ensures that rebellious feelings are nullified. Those who rebel are sent to islands or got rid of. The majority are content to live with the status quo.The world is run by ten controllers who maintain happiness through various forms of intensive conditioning and a drug called soma. Shakespeare Sonnet 34: 'Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day' Brave New World: Basic Outline

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