tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755406831499268045.post9032060124347996547..comments2023-10-24T03:23:55.480-07:00Comments on Books Buying Beauty: A Brave New World ReviewAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134470770189263554noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755406831499268045.post-74845072796056946052013-11-23T12:44:36.610-08:002013-11-23T12:44:36.610-08:00This was for an essay in English. at the time I ha...This was for an essay in English. at the time I had read the first 5 chapters. In the end i still didnt really like the book but it fit in great with the curriculum of 1984 and how Present day we are in the middle of both worldsAshleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18134470770189263554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755406831499268045.post-12961610300250762002013-11-23T12:43:22.478-08:002013-11-23T12:43:22.478-08:00Thank you. Jessica was an amazing person to help m...Thank you. Jessica was an amazing person to help me.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18134470770189263554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755406831499268045.post-52519798112392899912013-11-17T11:17:15.850-08:002013-11-17T11:17:15.850-08:00Oh my gosh, Ashley! I love your new template!!! Oh my gosh, Ashley! I love your new template!!! Sweetest Ambrosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16244000403632848788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755406831499268045.post-37894985253331998682013-11-14T21:59:27.022-08:002013-11-14T21:59:27.022-08:00I'm not a numbers person either, so most of th...I'm not a numbers person either, so most of those numbers just flew over the top of my head. You make some good points. Huxley was critiquing mass production and mass consumerism of things by portraying humans as products being made in HUGE quantities, undergoing the same conditioning. <br /><br />Ford has replaced God. The assembly line, invented by Ford, makes the mass production of items a lot more efficient. Huxley takes the objectification of humans even further by making it so that humans are produced to fit the jobs they need - height, weight, strength - instead of the other way around (looking for humans who fit these requirements). <br /><br />Games are produced with the many parts, as to consume as many things as possible - it creates an artificial demand for items, and so no one ever runs out of jobs because everyone just keeps consuming and consuming and so they keep producing and producing....Sweetest Ambrosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16244000403632848788noreply@blogger.com