Brave New World Blog 2

The purpose of sex and games is to keep the people’s minds occupied so they cannot think about emotions, question the society, or come up with revolutionary ideas that could ruin the society. The men and women are encouraged to sleep with the opposite sex with no commitment. Also, they are not supposed to have one partner for too long for fear they might start getting attached and having feelings for the other. After sex, there is just calmness and they only think about the opposite sex. They do not get caught up with thinking about religion or philosophy. The only philosophy that they do know about is Ford, who is somewhat of a god in this society. They say “Ford” instead of “God” since they do not even know about God. The quote “ending is better than mending” means that it is better to die or to throw something away than to try to fix it. In this society, people do not fear death and this saying helps them feel better about bad situations. Once they get old and their organs start to fail, they just give up and take a lot of soma instead of trying to get better. It is like history and the past are thrown away to make room for the future. All of these things control society’s mind and help make sure they do not try to think outside of what they know. They do not want people to start being rebellious.