Psychological Approach In Brave New World
1. Psychological Approach: Given their backgrounds, how plausible is the characters’ behavior?
The segregated conditioning of the youth from the embryotic stage develops the lack of identity in members of the World State through the members manipulated thought process and physical makeup. At the fertilization room the World State “predestine and condition” babies, and also “decant our [the] babies as socialized human beings, as Alphas or Epsilons” (Huxley 13). The selective training, conditioning, and categorization of babies predestines the future of the babies and gives specific characteristics. From the embryotic stage, these babies are expected to follow the standards of their caste. The babies are trained to follow what the Director calls “the greatest …show more content…
This practice gives total control to creating the different members of the Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons, which categorizes the different predetermined character, status, and behaviors of the people. Given the perceived programed backgrounds of the characters in the novel, the characteristics programmed to the alphas are further demonstrated through the interactions between Fanny and Lenina. Fanny embodies the typical beta, who follows the behavior of the state’s programmed opinions of the different castes. Fanny mentions in a conversation with Lenina about Bernard in regards to his stature. Bernard is smaller; smallness is considered in the World State “horrible and typically low-caste” (Huxley 46). The response given back by Fanny to Lenina generalizes the thoughts process
The segregated conditioning of the youth from the embryotic stage develops the lack of identity in members of the World State through the members manipulated thought process and physical makeup. At the fertilization room the World State “predestine and condition” babies, and also “decant our [the] babies as socialized human beings, as Alphas or Epsilons” (Huxley 13). The selective training, conditioning, and categorization of babies predestines the future of the babies and gives specific characteristics. From the embryotic stage, these babies are expected to follow the standards of their caste. The babies are trained to follow what the Director calls “the greatest …show more content…
This practice gives total control to creating the different members of the Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons, which categorizes the different predetermined character, status, and behaviors of the people. Given the perceived programed backgrounds of the characters in the novel, the characteristics programmed to the alphas are further demonstrated through the interactions between Fanny and Lenina. Fanny embodies the typical beta, who follows the behavior of the state’s programmed opinions of the different castes. Fanny mentions in a conversation with Lenina about Bernard in regards to his stature. Bernard is smaller; smallness is considered in the World State “horrible and typically low-caste” (Huxley 46). The response given back by Fanny to Lenina generalizes the thoughts process