BRAVE NEW WORLD CHAPTER 3 HISTORY IS BUNK

BRAVE NEW WORLD CHAPTER 3

“HISTORY IS BUNK” • Mustapha Mond • World Controller • Introduces historical forces that led to creation of World State • Only character who knows pre-Fordian and Fordian worlds • Explains the selfdestruction of the previous order • World Order only alternative to chaos • Paints agonized death of the familiar world of democracy and individual freedom • Assembly line • Only truly successful framework for living developed in the modern age • Interchangeable parts • Limitless production and consumption

ALL NEEDS ARE MET, ALL OBSTACLES TO HAPPINESS REMOVED • Consumption and the enjoyment of consumption primary human activity • Elimination of ordinary family • Conditioning Centres • Decanted children grow up in an environment designed to ensure their loyalty to the social order • Train them to consume appropriately

THEME • Choice and pain an essential part of human life • All obstacles are removed • No one feels passion or pain • What kind of life is possible? • Life of uninterrupted happiness is ideal

PURPOSLESSNESS OF “PROGRESS” • Soma • Human nature has not changed • Redefined by World State • Compensated for with chemicals • Reduce or eliminate feelings of unhappiness • Non-toxic, no after-effects • Perfect drug for dulling the senses against any perception of the emptiness of life • Powerful, essential tool for social control • Prevents dissatisfaction and rage that might result in revolution