Lack Of Technology In Brave New World

The novel Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley and the Giver directed by Phillip Noyce both warn that the over reliance on technology can take over independent thinking and lead to the loss of emotions required to make wise decisions. This is demonstrated through the lack of freedom, usage of drugs and absence of family bonds.

Firstly, lack of freedom is prominent in both articles to show that reliance on technology removes independent thinking among citizens. Firstly, In Brave New World, Bernard understands that his view on the community is very different and feels imprisoned because he cannot act without restrictions. After the helicopter ride, Bernard asks Lenina how life would be like if he was not enslaved by conditioning she responds

Firstly, in Brave New World, every adult lives by themselves but to combat feeling of loneliness they have many sexual partners. Lack of personal connection with others is removed and replaced with false love through recreational sex. When John’s mother dies the sadness he portrays is strange in the eyes of other citizens because they do not care for one another personally ( ). Citizens are engineered to never be alone which removes responsibility and the need of family bonds showing that independent thinking is replaced with the ideology of world leaders. Since technology has removed the ability to reproduce for citizens this removes responsibility allowing a person to act impulsively and create meaningless relationships which leads to unethical decisions. Likewise, in the Giver family units are preplanned and are limited to two children by the elders of society. When Jonas asks his father if he loved him the father replied saying I enjoy you. The society is very structured and strict which shows that the bonds with family are insignificant as they have to speak with restrictions and not allowed to freely express any emotions. This shows how reliance on technology leads to the loss of independent thinking as conditioning is introduced through technology and inflicts harmful effects on society. To conclude, both articles show

Firstly, in Brave New World citizens use soma whenever they feel sadness or extreme loneliness, the drug acts as a mental shield. When Linda returns to the New World she abuses soma to the point of death because of her addiction from a previous time(). It shows that the society is making citizens vulnerable to change which allows world leaders to manipulate and gain superiority. Additionally, it shows that citizens are mentally weak, as they are not able to formulate a plan of action to face difficulty. Reliance on drugs is ultimately making citizens slaves of the society, as citizens are commanded without objection because the need overrules independent thinking. Furthermore, the film The Giver displays how they take daily injections to rid any lingering emotion in their body which can interfere with their day to day duties. Jonas taking the injection (). It shows that the effect of different emotions do not play a factor in decisions which is pivotal for an individual to possess as it separates them from others. It shows that reliance on technology is removing opinion as society benefits if everybody conforms to one opinion without questions shown from the mandatory morning injections which rids any emotion like love or sadness. Both articles show that usage of drugs is causing the citizens to lose their opinion and allowing superiors to manipulate