Brave new world 2

The first question that I ran into was why didnt John get together with Lenina when she was advancing on him?

-John comes from a culture where there is a lot of emotion that is attached to sex. He has a sort of romantic idea about the whole thing. This is completely different from Lenina who has grown up in a society where it is perfectly normal for a person to get with as many people they want to, there are no emotional attatchments at all with sex. This creates a cultural conflict that leaves John feeling uncomftorable when Lenina is completely fine with the idea. Thus, John refuses to sleep with Lenina.

The next question I had was how long will the one-state actually last? How durable is it and how long will the people continue to live like this?
    - We haven't had much of an introduction as to how the one-state existed, except the tid bits about ford and the start of this empire and how the people came to accept it. It does seem very durable, and is demonstrated through the government's control into the people's minds. Huxley writes, “’Old men in the past used to renounce, retire, take to religion, spend their time reading, thinking­—thinking! Now-- such is progress—the old men work, the old men copulate, the old men have no time, no leisure from pleasure, not a moment to sit down and think…” (68). This shows that through the use of soma and other government control, the one-state has intruded upon the minds of the citizens and made them, as they believe, happier. The durability, with the continued use of soma, could last for a long while if they keep perfecting and adding to their mental and social control.

The last question during this reading was why was John brought into this book? What is his purpose and what does he represent in Brave New World?
    - We met John on the reservation, and the first glimpse we get of him is that of a savage. Huxley writes when he first sees Lenina, a true woman, that "at once he was breathing Lenina's perfume, filling his lungs with her essential being" (143). John was born in a mix between the reservation's culture who did not accept him and reading about this wonderful civilization, the one-state, and fantasizing about it. He doesn't see how people can cope with all the rules that are set though, and maybe this is what Huxley is using him for. John might show our perspective. Us Americans with so much freedom, unable to stand that much of control. Perhaps Huxley will continue to use John in a way that shocks us from our perspective.

Brave new world 1

in Brave New World, the government creates conformity by creating 96 humans at a time and designing them for a specific social class and occupation. Because of the Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon classes, they are not equal and even dress differently. As Mr. Foster said, the lower the caste, the shorter the supply of oxygen (28). They are able to make them less intelligent by limiting their oxygen supply and with the use of other techniques. Nurses condition babies to hate books, and without the influence of books, the people do not have opinions about religion, relationships, and individual rights because they have never been exposed to anything like them. They have created happiness and conformity with the use of soma which is a drug that reduces bad feelings. People are so well-suited for their class and work, they feel that they belong with the group. Happiness is instilled in everyone because the children are told the morals of the society while they are sleeping and think that they are correct. This society is a utopia because everyone believes that they are happy and there is virtually no conflict.

Dont you want me baby

1. The subject matter is a couple that has just broken up.
2. The two sides are that the girl is sayig she appreciates everything that he has done for her but that it is time for her to move on and "live her own life". This is showing that she acknowledges that her boyfriend has moved her forward but she realizes that she needs to use what he gave her and start fresh on her own life. The boy replies by saying "Dont forget who got you here" meaning the succes that the girl has found, and then he goes on to threaten the girl that he can just as easily bring her back down to where she was. He is not happy about the breakup and when he asks "dont you want me baby" and she replies with a no he becomes desperate and moves on to threatening her.
3. I side with the girl because in life there are some relationships that can add to your succes in life but there are others that can hold you back. In the case of the song it is a little of both because the boy brought the girl to success but at the same time she needs to go out into the world and as she says live her own life or in other words flourish into whatever she wants to be on her own.

Rain on the scarecrow

The main point of the song is showing how farming is dead. The conflict is whether to sell the farm or not. Mellencamp uses the scarecrows to symbolize farming and he uses simple symbols and details to explain the falling of farming and his following depression. Mellencamp favors land owners who refuse to sell their land. He presents people without land and farming sympathetically because they do not have their own food or pride. He obviously wants to save farming and believes the, "land fed the nation and made him proud."

Edic vs etic

The benefits of emic perspective include experiencing the different culture hands on. It allows you to understand different aspects of a culture and interact with the different people in them. With etic perspective you can have an unbiased opinion of a culture and only use facts. Both of them have their advantages; therefore, neither is better than the other.
These rules exist because they help ensure the validity of the ethnography. Also, because they know what is happening, they will not do anything out of the ordinary.