Wednesday, August 20, 2008

SPIDERMAN!

There is a quote i read in Brave New World that caught my attention. Huxley writes, ""The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray. It is better that one should suffer than that many should be corrupted. Consider the matter dispassionately, Mr. Foster, and you will see that no offense is so heinous as unorthodoxy of behavior. Murder kills only the individual-and, after all, what is an individual?" (Ch. 10, pg. 148).

It made me think of Spider-Man, as I was watching it at the moment. You all know the hit qoute, "With great power comes great responsibility." That qoute sounds very similar to what Huxley says doesn't it? Both talk about how people that have great talents could lead others astray if they used their talents wrong. Think about it. What if all the great inventors decided not to invent for the good of the world but instead invented against the world? That would probably have brought confusion, chaos and a society similiar to Huxley's world.

So when you think of Spider-Man, just ponder this: What if he had used his powers for evil?
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5 comments:

Danielle Luciano said...

First off, Huxley's world was not in TOTAL chaos. It had structure, it was just morally incorrect. I do believe you are right though; those who have great talent do have great responibitly and for every person, their sense of duty to each person is different.

ps. DIDN'T Spiderman use his powers for evil??

August 21, 2008 at 3:34 AM
Kristine De La Paz said...

To begin with, Huxley's world was not even in chaos, his dystopian world was much more stable than our world today. Some readers may view the characters' behavior as somewhat chaotic, but not necessarily. The characters in Brave New World were, I think, sort of team players because of the phrase, "Every one belongs to every one else."

With regards to people who have talents and inventors, it is their choice whether they want to use what they have to benefit or destroy mankind.

Danielle took the words right out of my mouth, because isn't that what the thrid Spider Man movie was about? His disregard to his responsiblities as a hero?

August 21, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Kristine De La Paz said...
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August 21, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Lauren Ross said...

I agree with Danielle and Kristine about their statements about Huxley's world. It may seem chaotic because our world isn't run like that.

Our ethics differ from the ethics in Huxley's world. Although his ethics may seem worse than ours, his world did function with stability, like Kristine stated.

A few questions come to mind about the question about inventors and their inventions. Who is considered a great inventor? How do you classify a person as a great inventor? Can't all inventions be justified as something made for the good of the world?

August 21, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Johnnel Fajardo said...

Again like everyone, I agree that Huxley's world is not truly chaotic as it has stability; however, the moral compass of Huxley's society seems to go the opposite way of our society's moral compass that it seems that the different morals of Huxley's society creates the chaotic view in our mind.

I also agree on how great talents or power can be used to both the benefit and suffering of the society. The only way we can know whether the people with these great talents will use their talents for good or for bad is by knowing the background of these people, as the people's choices can be decided by their environment which can have either good morals or improper morals.

August 22, 2008 at 3:51 PM

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