Brave New World Reading Entry #1

In Brave New World, I do not believe that they have created equality at all. Though there is equality within each caste, be it Alpha, Gamma, or Epsilon, there are huge differences between the rights and position in society of the five groups. Individuals are produced in whichever way the leaders of society and the Director wants them to be and they never have a choice about anything. They have reduced conflict by putting the idea in the mind of all the individuals that they should be happy in whatever caste that they are in shortly after birth and all the way up until they are adults. Individuals are told that Ford is the greatest being ever and that they should worship him like many people worship God today. I believe that this society is definitely a distopia because, even though conflict has been eliminated and the society runs very smoothly, people are unknowingly forced to belong to a certain caste and over half of the society is deprived of some very important rights. "... the Alphas and Betas remained until definitely bottled; while the Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons were brought out again, after only thirty-six hours, to undergo Bokanovsky's Process." This shows how, from before birth, the members of the different castes were treated very different and did not have a chance to be like any other caste member. A society that deprives individuals of opportunities to live a free life the way they want to is definitely a distopia.