This quote refers to Bernard’s treatment of Helmholtz and John after his embarrassment. Bernard bullies his two friends whenever he feels weak because there is no one else whom he has the power to put belittle. In reality, his friends have done nothing to wrong him and he is angry the Arch-Community-Songster and others abandoned him and allowed his reputation to tarnish. However, in his abuse of his friends, Bernard portrays an unfortunately true characteristic of humanity. Human life has been a competition for ages from careers to relationships. While friends are there for us to rely on throughout trials and triumphs, they also sometimes serve as the people we release our pent up emotions to or on. Friends must be willing …show more content…
They demand that the group follow them when they themselves do not and, in doing so, corrupt the entire system. Power is the problem. Leaders allow their power to go to their heads and make decisions based on their own superiority. How can a good leader expect his/her followers to obey laws that they themselves violate? The answer is that they cannot. Mustapha has made himself not only a hypocrite but a faulty and arrogant leader. In this society that is so perfectly conditioned, his own rule-breaking could destroy it all, just as any violators have the potential to change government for everyone. This breaking of the world’s laws is also what started the brave new world and destroyed “normal” humanity. The founders created their own new laws for how the world ought to work and chose to implement them on the rest of mankind. However, these founders have not conditioned themselves, so how could they be fit to decide the future of humanity? Individuals capable of making laws that they themselves do not follow should never be given positions of power or leadership …show more content…
In general, societies themselves are each like large mob or crowd. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, the entire nation became weary and angered by Japanese Americans and visitors. The crowd mentality in countries is what leads to mass strikes, political battles, and even wars. Similarly, in Brave New World all of the citizens were like one giant mob and the beliefs and attitude of the populous injured anyone who opposed it. For instance, Bernard’s tarnished reputation due to him behaving conservatively and the fascination with the Savage. The conditioning through childhood helped accentuate this crowd mentality and thought and the group’s “unity” makes the crowd and even stronger
Mob mentality and herd behavior have a negative behavior on people because of their individuality and rational thinking. People are influenced by others behaviors in a group. They can have negative and positive acts on people having individual thinking and it changes people's rational thinking. In the teleplay “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” written by Rod Serling, the article “When Good people Do Bad Things” written by Ann Trafton, and the article “Why Do People Follow The Crowd” reported by ABC news, when someone does not want to share their own idea they do not feel like sharing as a groups. People can also act differently in a group because they do not want to be embarrassed with others.
The Civil war began April 12, 1861. At Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, which was guarded heavily by union troops. Most of the forts arsenals and property had been seized by those in the rebellion but Fort Sumter had not.The picture depicted below is Fort Sumter befor it was burned It soon became a test if the Confederates were even going to attack the union and whether the troops would defend their ground. By March the Union was running out of food so Lincoln ordered people to
This quote talks about how Bernard is discussing with ford about if he can bring back the Savages, but not because Linda lived in London before but for experiments on John. I chose this quote because I wondered why Bernard would be so cruel to another person, and make someone else's life miserable just so he can benefit from it. I feel like he should understand how it feels to be mistreated and not want that to happen to anyone else. But in my opinion I think he is getting himself and John into a bad situation with the society (100)
Friendship is a key aspect of life. They are your support system, who you go to in time of need, who you share memories with that can last a lifetime. In today’s society, many friendships are broken up between friends because of trust issues, or the lack of positivity that may be spread through the group.
Helmholtz is a big guy, he has broad shoulders and is a very powerful human being, yet with all this strength he is also very gentle. He is the man all the women want or the alpha male, he is not only very attractive but he is smart and has a bad boy charm that all the women want. Helmholtz is best known however as being Bernard’s best friend. However both these men are completely different and as a result create a foil for each other. Bernard is not a very confident guy and as a result of his friendship with Helmholtz who is a very confident guy causes him not to be more confident but more insecure.
Friendship is a key aspect of life. Friends are your support system, who you go to in time of need, and who you share memories with that can last a lifetime. In today’s society, many friendships are broken up because of trust issues or the lack of positivity that may be spread through the group.
Once again, in this quote, the theme of human importance and the need for individuality is expressed. Bernard recognizes himself as a separate individual. He does not want to be swept away to unconsciousness by the soma, but would rather stay aggravated in reality. Through Bernard, the author is explaining that it is important to be oneself even through trials, because no one else, however jolly, is completely content.
It is important to choose the right friends, good friends can take you wherever you want to go in life, and the wrong friends can be a disastrous decision. A quote from The Pact sums this up nicely, “Friendship can lift you up, strengthen and empower you, or break you down, weaken and defeat you.” (32) This is why it is so important to surround yourself with positive people, and
What does secrecy have to do with the suspense and power in a novel? Secrecy plays a great role in the Scarlet Letter. The secrecy to a story adds suspense and grabs the reader's attention. In the Scarlet Letter there is great secrecy among the characters and the townspeople. The cause of secrecy is very important, while it adds to the story, and makes it more enjoyable.
The Mesopotamian leader, Hammurabi, created a set of laws and punishments for those laws called the Code of Hammurabi. Included in the Code of Hammurabi is an introduction, where Hammurabi writes his justifications and reasoning for the laws and rules he established. In the introduction, he says he is supported by the gods and that he must, “bring about the rule of righteousness in the land…to further the wellbeing of mankind” (*). This justification is political propaganda that creates imagined order because the people under Hammurabi’s rule would believe that by breaking the laws, they are also betraying or going against wishes of their gods, so they are much more likely to obey and not question anything he says
Friendship is something that everyone needs at any time. Friendship keeps us closely interacted with our friends, it keeps you popular, keeps you away from loneliness.
P144 "What should have been the crowning moment of Bernard's whole career had turned out to be the moment of his greatest humiliation." He had tried to elevate himself, to become accepted in a society that shunned him, by using the savage, but it had backfired and therefore the reader can sympathise. Not only had he lost the respect of his peers and fellow Alphas, but also he had lost the respect of someone who was, in many ways, so similar to him. Bernard can be pitied immensely for his ability to sense, see and appreciate things of beauty and as he could value and enjoy his
Thomas Fuller once said, “The mob has many heads, but no brains.” In this day in age, mob mentality is seen as having a negative influence on society. Specific behaviors can be triggered by the influence of our peers around us, some of which can cause people to take perilous actions that can have a significant impact on humanity.
Friendship is an integral part of the life of any human being. Most people feel the need to have a person who they can communicate with and talk about their challenges at any given time. Friendship is essential in
In life there are many changes that can cause a true friendship to go wary such as marriage, divorce, birth of children, new careers, and sickness. However, through each of those events the two must remember to keep the intimacy, the letting down of emotional barriers and the expression of innermost thoughts and feelings, “that which makes friendships thrive must be an enjoyable one” and to “always interact” (Karbo 3). Although psychologists continue to research the formation of friendships the great philosopher Aristotle knew exactly how friendships formed and how the lasted.