So while we were discussing the blog during class a couple days ago, I wrote some ideas that I might want to explore when it comes to doing the actual essay. These are really general and I'm not sure how I might approach these topics exactly, but I'll do it eventually when the time comes.
1. The obsession with the efficiency of society prohibits mankind from being ethical. (Not feeling it much, but I think I can expand.)
2. With the vision of a perfect utopia, also comes their flaws. Or in other words, a "perfect world" cannot exist no matter how hard it is visioned or looked for.
3. The scientific aspect of trying to create a perfect society cannot succeed as long as mankind knows that there is a better, natural order of things.
Using the third idea I had, I tried to think of ways to maybe incorporate Frederick Winslow Taylor's writings. He has four new duties to create a more efficient work environment. The way he assembles the men and how they should "develop a science for each element of a man's work" is like how the hatchery develops Alphas, Deltas, etc. to do specific work in society. The two concepts are connected through conditioning or science in a more general sense. In Taylor's writings, he uses the example of the Bethelhem Steel Company to describe the amount that they produced and what they should be. That's like the idea of how many of each class type the hatchery should be producing. I have a feeling that if I go this route, Taylor's piece of writing will be greatly incorporated into my essay.
And then using Lyotard's Postmodernism article, I saw a section that had a bigger font of writing that said "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world." So upon reading that little bit, I thought of point number two of my ideas. The hatchery and idea that efficiency and progress creates this fake wonderful world filled with pleasure and soma. But because John the Savage comes to have a significant role throughout the novel, "things fall apart." This outsider has brought new ideas of freedom and liberty into a world locked up in invisible chains. He is the "mere anarchy" that let's loose his ideas that come to affect others and their productivity. For example, Lenina when she did not know if she gave a certain chemical to a test tube and many years later the product of that certain test tube dies way before his time.
I'm pretty sure if I thoroughly read all the articles that can be used I can find way more ideas, but for now, I'm too tired so I'll do it eventually. (: But I have a feeling I will enjoy this essay WAY more than the Tempest.
