A Brave New World
In life, sacrifices are made to further a given situation or experience, generally making the outcome better than it was before. The idea is to pay a price to achieve what one may want. But eventually a line must be drawn as to what price is worth paying in order to achieve that goal. In The life of Galileo and Brave New World, the goal is a stable society. The essential idea around these sacrifices is that no price is worth paying if it undermines the society. No price is worth paying for a stable society if it undermines the truth because eventually the truth will come out and that same “stable” society, will eventually crumble. In Brave New World, the society is centered on the goal of a complete utopia, or a “perfect” society. Distinct class divisions are determined from birth, people are brain washed to have pride in their given class, a
nd the drug Soma is used as an aphrodisiac to keep the whole community happy at all times. However, in the midst of these attempts to create the perfectly stable society, a problem arises: human nature. Galileo attempts to reveal that not only is the church wrong about the earth, but that faith is what makes life what it is, not God. “What would be the use of holy scriptures, which has explained and justified all-the sweat, the patience, hunger, submissiveness- and now turns out to be full of errors?…how betrayed and deceived they will feel” (Brecht, pg. 66-67). The moment that the church realizes what is happening, they try to silence that voice that is defying them. This problem is what makes that society unstable. By ignoring the truth, the church has gone from controlling a stable society, to beginning their downfall. Humans are all different and functio
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Approximate Word count = 588
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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