Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Brave New World - 9

Page 75: "'Yes, everybody's happy now,' echoed Lenina. They had heard the words repeated a hundred and fifty times every night for twelve years."

Again I would've wished to have read more before I blogged next in order to spread them out a little more but I could not pass this up. When I read this, I began to think. Are these people really happy, or are they just taught to be? After all, I had been wondering who could be happy in this society. How could one be happy when they are taught to dislike other groups of people? So this society is filled with fake happiness. It makes sense now. How could one be happy in a society where everything is controlled? It did not make sense.

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