Will John ever conform to the One-State as the rest of the people have?
I do not believe that John will ever conform to this society because of the variety of cultures he was born into and has learned about, the culture's of the reservation, the one state, and his Shakespearean. The most dominant of these three would be that of Shakespear's, Jonhn is an avid reader of his literature, and has taken to heart his saying's and beliefs. When John leaves the reservation with Bernard, and is actually immersed into the One-States way of life, I think it deepened his love for literature and increased his much dislike to this bizarre society."Oh Brave new World that has such people in it"(Shakespear 166).John says this aw=s a way to describe his distate of what has become of this society. As he goes throughout One-State, he is disgusted by seeing all the twins being made in the factory, he is upset with Lenina's sex life, and Helmholtz laughter of the thought of parents. "I don't believe this is right"(161). John exclaims this as the doctor proposes the thought of his mother taking soma, just another way he views the actions of the caste differently.This just help's to show John's kind and sincere heart, which is why I think he will never conform to this societies ways.
What would it take for someone to take down the One-State?
I think that it could be possible for one or many people to destroy the One State, the only problem with it is doing without creating suscpisions upon yourself. I believe the perfect candidate for this job would be either John or Bernard, because they would have an incentive or motive to want to rebel, they are the outcasts the oddballs of society."But his reputation...He spends most of his time by himself. ALONE."(57). Bernard is thought of differently, which makes a great candidate for rebellion. With this motivation, I feel like they could muster up a way to overthrow one-state."And this is the hypnopaedic control room...You slip the roll in here"(169) And I think the best way to do this is to use it's own strength against it, hypnopaedia. If they could possibly eternally alter all the slogans and writings being spoken through the hypnopaedia process, they could possibly change the opinions of One-States residents to turn on One-State itself. Yes this would be a vary long process since it takes many nights to get this opinion implanted, but it could bring down One-State.
What would happen if the people couldn't retrieve soma, or if it somehow ran out?
I know that the caste members recieve soma from places such as work, but how does it get from the plant to the people? What if the "caravans" of this drug suddenly couldn't retrieve or transport it to the people."What you need is a gramme of soma"(66).Henry Foster offers this to Bernard because he is looking very gloomy. Soma is primarily the basis of happiness or emotional security in this nation, and if this were to occur, then the people would come out from the fog they've been in for their whole lives and realize what type of "utopia" they've really been living in. I think the people would recognize how topsy turny their society they once thought perfect really is. They would possibly go back to the old ways of life through the help of people like John, who understand the true nature of happiness.
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