Brave New World

"Wheels must turn steadily, but cannot turn untended. There must be men to tend them, men as sturdy as the wheels upon their axles, sane men, obedient men, stable in contentment." This means that everything must work in harmony, without needless parts, but if left alone it would be destroyed. Those who apt for this route are men who have had the values of family life and aspirations taken away from them since the day that they were born so that the only thing they know is the work they do to provide for the success of the government. For example, Mustapha Mond said, “…what dangerous, insane, obscene relationships between the members of the family group! Maniacally, the mother brooded over her children (her children)…” (37). He manipulated others to believe that families were terrible things to have. He imprinted into everyone's mind that monogamous relationships and families are bad, weird and should be looked down upon. By manipulating others to believe this, people do not desire to have bonds with each other for fear of being weird or frowned upon. A mother’s love is view as something scary and dirty. By destroying the bonds, it is easier to make people listen and obey the governments ruling and authority. The government in Brave New World is very manipulative, just as is the government in 1984. Mustapha Mond puts certain thoughts into people's minds that are totally unacceptable now a days. In their society, all of their desires (sexual) are normally immediately met, monogamy is frowned upon, and emotions are suppressed. Not only are these aspects of life forced onto the citizens by the government, but also birth and death is controlled by the government. Women do not become pregnant, but the government makes thousands of test tube babies and kills anyone that gets to a certain age. This is done so that death and birth are at a steady rate.