Final BNW Blog

Religion is distanced from the workings of the state. In Brave New World, if you are not a world controller then you will have no religious education, and although the world controllers are educated about religion they separate it from the workings of the state. This is similar to America in regards to the separation of church and state. Another way the societies in BNW and America are similar is the way they define who the good and bad citizens are. In BNW there are rigid distinctions that identify who contributes to the betterment of society and who is breaking the rules. This is determined by who does their job and follows the rules of conditioning. In America there are also certain norms created by society judging who is and is not a good person. The good are patriotic, educated, working citizens who provide for a family and make a decent life. Vagrants and deviants are seen as second class people. A third similarity between the two is their emphasis on consumerism. In BNW the people believe in consuming as much as possible and view it as a sign of progress or achievement. America is similar in regards to this. We view consumerism as key to the stability of society, and accumulation of wealth is typically a measuring stick of success.