A Brave New World: Community, Identity, Stability

“ Community, Identity, Stability (p. 7).” This is the motto for the people.. For the people in A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley stability is everything. The first word in their motto is community. The dictionary definition of community is a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. In order for this to work social stability is essential. In order to keep society stable, you need rules to live off of. “But cleanliness is fordliness,” she insisted. “yes, and civilization is sterilization… (p. 110).” To the people in this new world, it is important to keep clean for many reasons such as, it is a part of their culture or it can help stop any pathogens or disease. If something were to happen and

people got sick and it spread quickly it could cause a large epidemic. They aren’t the only civilization in this story though. The Indians also use rules and expect things from people to keep the social stability. For example, “How should I know how to do their beastly weaving (p. 125)?” In this part of the story, a Beta women decided to live with the Indians. She didn’t really know anything about them, but in their society women should know how to weave baskets for their needs. This is an unsaid rule in their society. The women do their job of weaving and the men do their job. That is the way they function. Social stability is shown throughout the book. Most of the time it is forced upon the people. Every society needs it. This society uses it in a very strange way compared to today's times.They form people into whatever they need. This can create social stability in a very harsh and inhumane way. It works because it takes away the ability to choose what a person wants to do, but isn’t be any means right.