Currently, I am at work, sitting at my computer and waiting for someone to call. Like many other teenagers, I have a relatively short attention span and decided halfway through chapter two that I would get on Facebook. In the book, at the time I stopped, babies were being electrocuted to teach them to hate flowers. (Just something else I noticed about dehumanization: half-way down page 20, it says "the infants were unloaded." This reminded me of cattle or some other pack animal bred only to serve a purpose to others. Foreshadowing?) While on Facebook, I absent-mindedly looked over my niece Olivia's photos. I was thinking about how adorable her chubby little cheeks are and how she is more beautiful than any other child, and it struck me with sadness for the children in Brave New World. They aren't unique, they aren't loved, and they are tortured for the benefit of society. This book, while only being three chapters in, has really helped solidify my position on life issues, such as stem-cell research, in vitro fertilization, and abortion. I know they probably won't, but I hope things will start to look up for this civilization.
Cutest baby to ever grace the world with her presence: Olivia Hollowell
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