Henry Ford In Brave New World

There are people who believe that there is someone bigger than themselves who is above them “pulling the strings”. In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the people of the World State look up to a God figure who they call Ford. Huxley used Ford in reference to the Ford Model T which was starting production around the time that the this book was being written. Aldous Huxley is using this term of “Ford” in a mocking way. The inventor of the ford Model T is Henry Ford, who can be seen as an appropriate God figure for the World State in this novel. This is because of the events in and the way that Ford lived his life.The way he shows his stubbornness, thinks of work in a positive way, and seems to know his role in society from the beginning

At the same time however, he is a work horse. He believes in the thought that work should be something that is looked forward to and not dreaded. He says that “Some people seem to think that what is the matter with the world is that people have to work for a living. Many men try to evade work as if it were a disease. But the world would be infinitely worse off if it were not for work” (Bradford). This shows how much Ford believes in working endlessly and in the theory of mass production. At the same time, in Brave New World, mass production is used not for cars but for the production of babies. They believe that this is the best way to produce the perfect baby for the specific needs of society. This way they can produce Alpha, Beta, and other types of people that can do tasks without complaining about it. In the novel, they look at this process as just a normal part of life. It reads that “ “This hive of industry,” as the Director was fond of calling it, was in the full buzz of work”(Huxley 146). Mass production is viewed in Brave New World as an everyday part of life and just another part of the day. During the novel, one never does hear someone complain about work or the workload they are getting. Instead, they just take the day on and complete it. This is very similar to how Henry Ford feels about work. That one should just do their work and not complain about it

We know that this comes from Henry Ford, the inventor of the Model T, and the reasons for using him can be shown by the way he grew up and acted in his childhood and professional career. He does things that can relate him to the people of the World State which makes him an ideal person to look up to. His stubborn manner, how he thinks of work in a positive way, and that he seems to know his role in society from an early age are all reasons why is the figure looked up to in Brave New World. Henry Ford is a person that showed many characteristics and symbols which helps him relate to the people of