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    The document summarizes key events from the novel Brave New World regarding how the World Controllers attempted to create a "perfect world" but ultimately failed. They separated people into castes and used horrific methods like torturing infants to condition them, which caused groups to see each other as superior/inferior and hurt society. The Controllers also tried keeping everyone constantly happy using the drug Soma, but this backfired as people could not handle pain when the effects wore off. Overall, the attempts to engineer a flawless system ended up damaging the world more than perfecting it.

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    The document summarizes key events from the novel Brave New World regarding how the World Controllers attempted to create a "perfect world" but ultimately failed. They separated people into castes and used horrific methods like torturing infants to condition them, which caused groups to see each other as superior/inferior and hurt society. The Controllers also tried keeping everyone constantly happy using the drug Soma, but this backfired as people could not handle pain when the effects wore off. Overall, the attempts to engineer a flawless system ended up damaging the world more than perfecting it.

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    Jailene Torres

    04/03/17
    Period:6
    Brave New World
    Argument Essay #2

    Everyoneatsomepointwishestheylivedinaperfectworld.Butwouldnt
    everyonesdefinitionofaperfectworldbedifferent?Whatonemayconsider
    perfectmaystillseembrokentoanother.TheWorldControllersinthenovelBrave
    NewWorlddideverythingtheybelievedwouldhelpmaketheirenvironment
    perfect,oratleastwhattheyperceivedasperfect.Someofthemethodstheyused
    seemedasthoughtheyfailedinperfectingtheworld.
    OnewaytheWorldControllersbelievedtheworldwouldbeperfectwasif
    theyseparatedeverybodyintodifferentgroups:Alphas,Betas,Gammas,Deltas,
    andEpsilons.Whendoingthis,theywouldgothroughtheBokanovskyProcess,
    whichwastheirwayoffertilizinganddevelopingtheembryos.Oncethechildren
    wouldgetoldertheydseparatethemintothefivedifferentgroupsandwoulddo
    thingstoeachgroupthatwouldseparatethemfurther.Smallhandsreachedout
    uncertainly,touched,grasped,unpetalingthetransfiguredroses,crumplingthe
    illuminatedpagesofthebooks..Theheadnursepressedalever.Shrillerandever
    shriller,asirenshrieked.Thechildrenstarted,screamed;theirfacesweredistorted
    withterror.Theirlittlebodiestwitchedandstiffened.Theexplosionsceased,the
    bellsstoppedringing,theshriekofthesirenturnedtosilence.Attheapproachof
    therosesandbooks,theinfantsshrankinhorror,theirvolumesuddenly
    increasing.(Huxley20-21)Thisexcerptexplainswhathappenedtooneofthe
    groups;theDeltas.Theydidntwantthisspecificgrouptolike/becuriousabout
    rosesandbooks.Soinordertoseparatethemfromthisspecificthing,theytorture
    theinfantsandmakethemhorrifiedatseeingthesethingsagain.
    Doingthistoseparatethegroupsiswhathurttheminthefirstplace.Given
    thefactthateachgroupwastaughttodislikecertainthings,thiswouldcauseone
    grouptoseemmoresuperiorthantheother.Thissuperiorityiswhatcausedsome
    groupstonotliketheotherorcausedthemtoalllookdownononeanother,thus
    failingthemfromtheperfectworld.
    AnotherwaytheWorldControllerstriedcontrollingthemwasbygiving
    everyonesomethingcalledSoma.Thiswassomethinggiventotheindividualsthat
    wouldmakethemhappyandnotallowinganyonetofeelanytypeofpain.The
    creatorsthoughttheperfectworldinvolvedconstanthappiness.Drawnbythe
    fascinationofthehorrorofpainand,fromwithin,impelledbythathabitof
    cooperation,thatdesireforunanimityandatonement,whichtheirconditioninghad
    soineradicablyimplantedinthem,theybegantomimethefrenzyofhisgestures,
    strikingatoneanotherastheSavagestruckathisownrebelliousflesh,oratthat
    plumpincarnationofturpitudewrithingintheheatherathisfeet.Stupefiedby
    soma,andexhaustedbyalong-drawnfrenzyofsensuality,theSavagelaysleeping
    intheheather(Huxley258).Thisexcerptisexplainingwhathappenedwhenthe
    somawouldrareoff.Theywerentusedtofeelingpain,sosomepeoplefoundit
    fascinatingbuthorrible.Thisgoesagainstthewishesofhavingaperfectworld
    becauseitgoestoshowthatnothinglastsforever,notevenhappiness.Thingsare
    boundtohappenthatwillmakesomeoneunhappy.Insteadofhidingpainfrom
    everyone,itwouldvebeenabetterworldiftheyknewhowtogetthroughthese
    situations.
    Inconclusion,IbelievetheWorldControllerstriedmakingitaperfectworld
    bymakingtheBokanovskyProcess.Theymadeupallthesethingsthatendedup
    hurtingthesocietymoreintheend.Therewaspeoplethinkingtheyweresuperior
    toothers.Andtherewastoomuchhappiness.Somuchthatwhentheyfeltactual
    paintheyfoundittobeunbearable.

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