Brave New World First Post

In Brave New World equality and conformity are made by embryo making and hatching center, the Central London Hatching and Conditioning Centre. The centre makes the embryos so that they are similar and they give them traits needed for their level in the caste. The lower class embryos go through the Bokanovsky process where they are pretty much cloned. "But a bokanovskified egg will bud, will proliferate, will divide. From ninety-six buds, and every bud will grow into a perfectly formed embryo, and every-embryo into a full-sized adult," (pg.20). This is how lower class embryos are made, they are cloned so that they all are just like one another. The higher classes do not go through this process because they need to be more unique and have different qualities so that they can contribute well to their job. The conditioning to be in a certain class, either Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, or Epsilon creates equality throughout all of the people because all of the people in each class are almost clones (except in higher classes) of each other which creates equality in the caste system. Huxley reduces conflict in religion by crossing off the tops of all of the crosses and making them Ts. This is based off of the Model T made by Henry Ford. This makes the people forget about religion and it fades away. The people do not have any individuals rights they are not allowed think alone, think about things by yourself is considered to be bad. The peoples' happiness is controlled because the people are made to be happy with their caste and they are conditioned to be happy about their life and the caste that they have been assigned to. This society is a dystopia because the peoples' rights are taken away, and their happiness is conditioned and they are not able to have true happiness.