Brave New World

In chapter 3 of Brave New World, Mustapha Mond said "Wheels must turn steadily, but can not turn untended. There must be men to tend them, men as sturdy as the wheels upon their axles, sane men, obedient men, stable in contentment." Mond who is “One of the Ten World Controllers” (34) is a powerful character in the book. The ideas in the passage above are used to manipulate the desired outcomes of human experiences such as family, monogamy, impulse, feeling, and desire. The citizens of the World State are encouraged to act promiscuously. Lenina tells Fanny that she hasn’t been very enthusiastic about promiscuity lately and Fanny tells her “one’s got to make the effort…one’s got to play the game” (43).  She goes on and says that “every one belongs to every one else.” This is very true because the citizens are told not to have relationships with one another. They are encourages to see many different people so that they do not become attached to each other. They are less meaningful if they are short relationships. There are also no families in the World State because humans are manufactured. There is no such thing as love in the World State. The controller tells the boys that the “pre-moderns were mad and wicked and miserable” (41) because they had experiences such as family and monogamy. Mond explains that things like love and families will cause social instability. Another way that the citizens are manipulated is by taking the drug “soma”. This drug gives the citizens a false sense of happiness. The government is able to control the citizens because they do not think for themselves and there is no individuality at all. The people are manufactured to think the same way and act in a way that would be beneficial to the World State.