Brave New World Summary. Brave New World begins in an uncomfortably sterile and controlled futuristic society, commonly referred to as the World State. We join the story as a group of young students are receiving a factory tour of the London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre from the centers director, whose name is The Director. Its all a little creepy. The Director explains to the students the process by which humans are grown inside bottles and then conditioned read brainwashed to believe certain moral truths. This conditioning, also known as hypnopaedia or sleep teaching, instructs the citizens to believe in the value of society over the individual. Each person exists to serve the community. Image/image.png_gen/derivatives/article_750/civilization-v-brave-new-world.png' alt='Civilization Brave New World' title='Civilization Brave New World' />Its their job to be consumers and workers, which in turn keeps the economy stable and strong. Buy lots of clothes. Use lots of transportation. Do your job. To make the system run more smoothly, humans are divided into various castes Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and drum rollEpsilons. Alphas are smart, tall, and muscular Epsilons short, dumb, and ugly. These people figured out that the best way to keep non Alphas stupid is to give them dangerous substances while theyre still in the test tube. In this case, they use alcohol and oxygen deprivation. Also, the lower castes are grown in batches, so that 1. Sid Meiers Civilization V Brave New World provides new depth and replayability through the introduction of international trade and a focus on culture and diplomacy. Online edition of Brave New World Brave New World quotes analyzed teacher guide 1957 interview with Huxley on his life work and the meaning of Brave New World. Article by Bill Morgan about scientist Tom Bearden and the new scalar weapons called Tesla howitzers. Sid Meiers Civilization V Brave New World is the second expansion pack for Civilization V the critically acclaimed 2010 PC Game of the Year. Brave New World is the final piece of Civilization 5 PC, adding, expanding and improving on the features of the base game and the previous expansion. Epsilons are all exact copies of one another. And you thought having an older brother was tough. Imagine having 9. Moving right along, we meet two more of the novels characters, Lenina Crowne and Henry Foster, both workers in the hatchery. Lenina is gorgeous. Henry has been sleeping with her. So has everyone else. However, this arrangement is the status quo. In the World State, sex is casual, regular as in, once a day, and explicit. Every one belongs to every one else, which means when a man wants to sleep with a woman, he publicly says, Hey, you, lets have sex tonight, and she says, OK. Basically. Even little kids play games with each other like hunt the zipper just use your imagination. Also, orgies are a required bi weekly event. The other big activity in this world is taking a narcotic called somaa drug that sends its users off into lunar eternity, a trippy escape from reality. We receive much of this information from the Director during his tour, but the rest is delivered via Mustapha Mond, a big deal guy who happens to be one of ten World Controllers. Mustapha explains to the same group of students read plot device how this society came about. The short version is that the world got gradually more and more screwed up until the world population collectively said, Oh we cant take this anymorePlease take away all of our liberties and individuality in the name of universal stability And the Powers That Be said, OK. And now theres no war, no sadness, no individuality, no history, no literature, no families, no emotional ties to others, no solitude allowed, no scientific freedom, and no religion God has been replaced by Ford, as in Henry Ford, as in the man who perfected the assembly line and mass production. But still, theres sex. A lot of it. So thats your basic set up. While were getting dealt this info, we meet another character, Bernard Marx, an Alpha Plus psychologist who, for some reason or another, doesnt have the great physical characteristic of most Alphas. Hes short. Bernard feels isolated because hes different, and all his time alone lets him ponder big thoughts such as I wish everyone wasnt so promiscuous and could take love seriously, I totally want Lenina, but Id rather have a nice long talk than have sex with her. Red Faction Armageddon Save Game. When he finally does get around to asking Lenina out, hes embarrassed that she publicly discusses their plans for sex. Next we meet Helmholtz Watson, another Alpha Plus male who shares Bernards dissatisfaction with their controlled, structured lives but fortunately doesnt share Bernards physical deficiencies Helmholtz is really attractive. So good looking, in fact, that the first time we meet him hes being offered a foursomewith three women. But he actually passes on the offer and instead shoots the beans with Bernard about how dissatisfied they are with their lives. Since he writes meaningless hypnopaedia sayings all day, Helmholtz expresses a desire to create something more intense and more passionatehe just doesnt know what that might be. Up next is Bernards date with Lenina. He wants to spend some time talking, or maybe holding hands during a long walk on the beach. This confuses Lenina, who wants to take drugs and have sex. Ultimately, Bernard gives in to her seductive ways, but he has to take a few grams of soma before he can bring himself to get into bed with her. The next morning, he expresses regretthey should have waited, he tells her, before having sex. He wants to be an adult, not an infant. He wants to see what happens when theres some amount of time in between desire and fulfillment. Lenina doesnt get it. So its on these rocky, somewhat uncomfortable terms that Bernard and Lenina plan a vacation together to a Savage Reservation in New Mexico. Whats a Savage Reservation, you askBasically, a part of the world that hasnt been brought up to speed with the whole technologymind controldystopia thing. Before he goes, Bernard has to get a permission slip from the Directorhis boss, whom we met in the very beginning of the novel. The Director reveals, sort of by accident, that he visited the Reservation himself when he was younger, also with a woman. Then he lost the woman. She went missing on the Reservation, they couldnt find her, and he had to come back alone. Embarrassed at this personal disclosure, the Director recovers by chewing out Bernard for acting like an adult instead of an infant. Apparently, everyone does know what goes on behind closed doors. Bernard acts the rebel, exulting in the fact that hes established himself as an individual by breaking the rules. Bernard then goes on his trip with Lenina. Unfortunately, once he arrives, he finds out from Helmholtz via a phone call that the Director is planning on deporting him Bernard to an island. Talk about a buzzkill. Looks like islands are a place for misfits and miscreants, so getting sent to one is like getting voted off the island, except backwards. Bernard, far from taking pride in his individuality, freaks out, whimpers for a bit, and finally just runs away from reality by taking soma. Remember kids, drugs arent the answer. Meanwhile, the vacation continues, which means a tour through the Reservation. Lenina is horrified by what she sees there. Everyone is dirty, their clothes are tattered, and everything smells bad. On the other hand, Bernard is all about examining the savages with scientific zeal. During their tour, the couple watches a ritualistic dance in which a young man is willingly beaten as a means to honor the gods. Afterwards, they are approached by John, a white man in contrast to the Native Americans who has apparently been raised on the Reservation. The story quickly comes out Johns mother came to the Reservation from the Other Place, got stranded there, and then gave birth to John. Bernard puts two and two together and realizes that John is the son of the Director. Little bulbs labeled Blackmail opportunity start to light up in Bernards mind. Meanwhile, John and Lenina are falling deeper and deeper in love with each other.