Chapter 2 of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is all about the psychological aspect of the genetically bred human beings. The Pavlov's Dogs allusion effectively demonstrates to the reader that these people are merely subjects of psychological conditioning. This conditioning creates a population of well-trained subjects incapable of completing any other task other than that assigned and predestined for them. The worst part is not that these people are completely brainwashed, it's that they don't even question the reasons for why things are ordered the way they are. I can not help but feel that this kind of conditioning is merely animal-like behavior. I mean, come on, this demonstration was originally coined by the effects it had on DOGS! Was the government so power-hungry that it had to completely brainwash its members in order to create order and control? This seems like a lot of childish behavior if you ask me. However, the ironic part of this entire situation is that we can not imagine a time where people have no control of their lives whereas these people cannot imagine living in our time. We are so trained to believe that we have the right to be free and express ourselves. How is this any different than the people after Ford's time being trained to believe that the jobs they do are the only jobs they can or ever will do?Friday, June 24, 2011
Pavlov's Dogs Allusion
"INFANT NURSERIES. NEO-PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING ROOMS, announced the notice board." - Brave New World, page 18.
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Chapter 2 of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is all about the psychological aspect of the genetically bred human beings. The Pavlov's Dogs allusion effectively demonstrates to the reader that these people are merely subjects of psychological conditioning. This conditioning creates a population of well-trained subjects incapable of completing any other task other than that assigned and predestined for them. The worst part is not that these people are completely brainwashed, it's that they don't even question the reasons for why things are ordered the way they are. I can not help but feel that this kind of conditioning is merely animal-like behavior. I mean, come on, this demonstration was originally coined by the effects it had on DOGS! Was the government so power-hungry that it had to completely brainwash its members in order to create order and control? This seems like a lot of childish behavior if you ask me. However, the ironic part of this entire situation is that we can not imagine a time where people have no control of their lives whereas these people cannot imagine living in our time. We are so trained to believe that we have the right to be free and express ourselves. How is this any different than the people after Ford's time being trained to believe that the jobs they do are the only jobs they can or ever will do?
Chapter 2 of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is all about the psychological aspect of the genetically bred human beings. The Pavlov's Dogs allusion effectively demonstrates to the reader that these people are merely subjects of psychological conditioning. This conditioning creates a population of well-trained subjects incapable of completing any other task other than that assigned and predestined for them. The worst part is not that these people are completely brainwashed, it's that they don't even question the reasons for why things are ordered the way they are. I can not help but feel that this kind of conditioning is merely animal-like behavior. I mean, come on, this demonstration was originally coined by the effects it had on DOGS! Was the government so power-hungry that it had to completely brainwash its members in order to create order and control? This seems like a lot of childish behavior if you ask me. However, the ironic part of this entire situation is that we can not imagine a time where people have no control of their lives whereas these people cannot imagine living in our time. We are so trained to believe that we have the right to be free and express ourselves. How is this any different than the people after Ford's time being trained to believe that the jobs they do are the only jobs they can or ever will do?
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