Final Reading Blog "Brave New World"

-How does the whipping's and the hanging of John show the negative affects of totalitarian regime?

With Huxley having John whip himself and even commit scuicide, has a big impact on the view of mine and others about totalitarian. John seemed pure of heart and peaceful compared to the people of the One State. But it didn't take long for the negative affects of One State's beliefs to change John. I think by having John's mindset of life be completely altered by the One State shows just how much totalitarian government can change a person. And by dispaying such a gruesome affect, with John's scuicide, shows the negative affects of that government style.
-Why is it that it takes an abnormality for one to notice how bad of a world one lives in?
In Brave New World, Bernard and John are basically the only people that can see through the One State's scheme. Why is it that only these two can see through this haze that covers everyone? These are the two people that are considered different in this society, Bernard with the alcohol stunting his physical appearance and John with his shakespearan culture affecting his view on life. With these abnormalities, they are able to see all the wrong's in this society. I think because these people are different, they are treated differently from the rest of the citizens. And because they are treated differently they view life differently than others, and they think more about their life. Because they think more, they in turn think about their state more, which allows them to see all their flaws and see all the evils in that society.
-Why do you think that Huxley wrote about the failures of a Utopia?
I think that Huxley decided to write negatively about a Utopia because he wanted the public to almost be afraid of a Utopian concept. In Brave New World, the people were blind to the ways of the One State, and couldn't see their fake essence of happiness. I think by writing about that, he was pushing people away from concepts of Utopia by writing about the thought of a Utopia, when in turn it was really a distopia. I also think that he avhieved his goal of frightening others about a Utopia, because back then, losing individuality was a widely held belief. And with Huxley showing this future society with almost no individuality due to the births from machines, brought fear into the eyes of many about Utopia's.