I thought about what I was going to write about for some time now. I took a few laps around a nearby mountain, walked barefoot through a rain forest, and drank the morning dew off some blades of grass in a meadow with a flock of sheep, and have come to a startling, yet not completely over-the-top-surprising topic: love. Adorable isn't it?
In writing about this, I want to explore the different types of love in the novel, and what the affects are on both the people of the World State, and the condition of the World State itself.
I thought it would interesting to compare and contrast the various types of love. For example, the peoples' love for soma, John's love for his mom, Lenina's love for John, John's love for Lenina, Bernard's love for power/fame/acceptance, etc. Also, I would want to explore the absence of love in the World State. For another example, Helmholtz's apathetic view towards nearly everything, and the peoples' lack of relationship-like connection to anyone or anything.
In order to do this in the most proper and sound matter, I have decided to use the following sources:
I might be going out on a limb with this, but I think I'll use Brave New World. I don't know, it just seems right.
Neil Postman's technopoly wouldn't be a bad step either, I feel. The way in which he describes our society's (especially that of the World State) has surrendered its freedoms and other such liberties might be a nice enticement for the more obsession-like loves.
I would also like to mention Sir Ken Robinson's video, which we had watched earlier in class. I'd like to include it in such a way that the more standardized methods of both our society and the World State can be prevalent through the section mentioned above.
Unfortuantely for my essay, I was unable to find sources specifically related to my topic. I know, I know. It's very sad. Well, I hope with all the power my little heart can muster than such sources can be found before I have to write my draft the night it's due.
