Skewed by the Media

Brave New World can be found in the fiction section. Knowing that, now we understand that the contents of the book do not create a reliable prophetic message for the future of the known world, but maybe a much exaggerated allegory [if such]. You see, Huxley did not receive a revelation in a dream that soma was going to be a tool to keep people happy and in line. He did not read in a fortune cookie that people were going to be put into social groups from birth. He did not use a telescope to read the stars, and reach the conclusion that sexual immorality was going to be evident in our youth. And he most definitely did not receive insight from the Great Juju God of Literacy to write these things down [but he stuck it to him anyway, and wrote a book].

All he had to do was take a look around, and observe the world. Organized religion has often times placed people in line, without questions lest you be called a heathen and sent to Hell [Oh, and there’s also theocracy]. Entertainment keeps us happy, and we tend to stop paying attention to the real world [have you ever heard the saying, “America is not at war, America is at the mall?”]. Abstinence is taught in schools [it wouldn’t if it wasn’t a problem. It’s obvious it is. Something interesting, when you have time, look up Sigmund Freud’s work on Psychosexuality]. People have been subjected to being placed in social classes or organized groups from birth [due to ethnic group, birthplace, or perhaps financial stance. This is highly evident in societies like Pre-Revolution France]. In comes Postman, exploiting all the things Huxley wrapped up in his book, and pushes them to the surface. The fact of us experiencing our own “brave new world” is not so farfetched. You see, we ourselves have allowed something like this to happen. We are our own downfall. No, television isn’t it. Media isn’t it. Soma isn’t it. We’ve allowed ourselves to be swept away by these things. It took us for a ride, and never brought us home. Huxley was right when he wrote we would be brought down by inflicting pleasure. Where is the outcry against this silent, but quickly becoming ever more powerful, death? It is a silent murmur among the ones of sore throats.

Television and media have just become the reasons we’ve subjected ourselves to this torment of ignorance. Even in youth, we no longer want to spend time reading. Oh no, not us! Big Birds my only teacher. The Today Show is my history class. Public image is my only conscience. Do television hosts offer you your only dose of information and therefore forge your opinions? Is Oprah your best friend? Is Tyra Banks the incarnate of all feminist agenda? And what of the teletubbies? These vile creatures of the deep are born with televisions instead of stomachs [disgraceful!], and impose the disgusting hideous ideology of watching television all day like a lazy sloth and falling in love with communism. Will humans become like these spawns of the devil?! Many of you say that you don’t want the happenings of Brave New World to happen to us, but can it be that the basic idea behind the crazy plot is already evident in our own world? Can it? Huh, huh, huh?! You can be the judge of that. Do we not need to worry about the complete diminishing of books, but our interest in them? Question your younger sibling when you catch them watching Sesame Street. Other than that, thanks for reading. Until next time…

Vun, Vun brave new vorld...Twoooo! Twooo brave new vorld...