In Brave New World, government controls access to information through conditioning citizens from birth and keeping them constantly distracted. While past governments used overt censorship, the World State in the novel achieves control more subtly through technologies like soma and conditioning. Some modern governments also take more subtle approaches to information control compared to obvious historical censorship, such as withholding certain data like disease cures.

1. Brave New World
How does government
regulation affect:
social relationship?
By Cindy Kim

2. World State
“The nurse
glanced at him
with startled,
horrified
eyes...”(199).

3. World State
“Standard men
and women; in
uniform
batches”(7).

4. Contemporary
Society
"Competition
is ultimately
more
beneficial
than
detrimental to
society."

5. Contemporary
Society
“Democracy is
worth dying
for, because
it's the most
deeply
honorable form
of government
ever devised by
man.”

6. Conclusion

7. Citation
Pictures Citation
- "We Heart It." We Heart It. Web. 21 May 2012. <http://weheartit.com/entry/29021278>.
- "We Heart It." We Heart It. Web. 21 May 2012. <http://weheartit.com/entry/28976686>.
- "Communicating Your Competitive Advantages." Communicating Your Competitive Advantages. Web. 21 May 2012. <http://
www.ltlmagazine.com/blogs/f95a10e46a454a4d8746302ba2bfcb46/communicating-your-competitive-advantages>.
- "We Heart It." We Heart It. Web. 21 May 2012. <http://weheartit.com/entry/28851848>.
- "We Heart It." We Heart It. Web. 21 May 2012. <http://weheartit.com/entry/29023397>.
Text Citation
- ""Competition Is Ultimately More Beneficial than Detrimental to Society."" "Competition Is Ultimately More Beneficial than
Detrimental to Society." Web. 21 May 2012. <http://www.lougheed.com/LC/messages/605.html>.
This website was a reliable source because it was written in the science department. Since it was written in the perspective of
scientists and comparing to modern society, it can be used to support for the topic of competition in modern society.
- Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: HarperPerennial, 1998. Print.
This novel is reliable because it has copyrights and the printed date with correct author.
- "Government Regulation: What's Next?" About.com Economics. Web. 21 May 2012. <http://economics.about.com/od/
governmenttheeconomy/a/whats_next.htm>.
This is a reliable source because it has all the reasons with date and author to provide his or her opinion.

8. Freedom
Jong Hwan Bang
English 10E

9. Are people free to
use recreational
drugs / alcohol?

10. “What you need is a
gramme of soma” (p.54).

11. “There is always soma,
delicious soma” (p.55).

12. Ironic
Illegality
Popularity
Age Distribution

13. Netherlands

14. “The most liberal person
in the sea is the king of
the sea” (Oda 97)

15. Citation
"Acid Age." Acid Age. Blogger, 23 Jan. 2011. Web. 20 May 2012. <http://
acid-age.blogspot.com/2011/01/soma-relief.html>.
Cellania. "Coke vs. Pepsi: The Pioneers." Neatorama. Neatorama, 15 Mar.
2011. Web. 21 May 2012. <http://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/15/coke-vs-pepsi-
the-pioneers/>.
"Drug Policy." Drug Policy. Almanac of Policy Issues. Web. 21 May 2012.
<http://www.policyalmanac.org/crime/drugs.shtml>.
"Evil Clowns." Scary Website. Scary For Kids, 2012. Web. 21 May 2012.
<http://www.scaryforkids.com/evil-clown-pictures/>.
"Homosexual Flag." ‫ ،ﻣﺪﻧﻴﻮز‬Midnews. Midnews, 21 May 2012. Web. 21 May 2012.
<http://midnews.net/archives/140918/homosexual-flag>.
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: HarperPerennial, 1998. Print.
Oda, Eiichiro. "One Piece." Comic strip. Roger and Rayleigh. Vol. 52.
Shueisha. 97. Print.
Vibes, J. G. "Nine Ways to Achieve Personal Peace and Freedom." Wake Up
World. Wake Up World. Web. 21 May 2012. <http://wakeup-world.com/
2012/02/06/nine-ways-to-achieve-personal-peace-and-freedom/>.

16. How free are people to
select their occupation?
Are people free to work
where they want?
SunHa Park

17. Predestination
We decant our babies as
socialized human being, as
Alphas or Epsilons, as
future sewage workers or
future...” (13).

18. Prisoner
"go down. Floor
Eighteen. Go down,
go down. Floor
Eighteen. Go down,
go…"(59).

19. Freedom
“Everyone has the
right to engage in
work and to pursue a
freely chosen or
accepted occupation”.

20. Choice
“You can always choose to
leave your job by resigning”.

21. World State and Modern Society
VS

22. Works Cited
•"EU Charter - Art 15. Freedom to choose an occupation and right to engage in
work." EU Charter. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2012. <http://www.eucharter.org/
home.php?page_id=22>.
•Holly, Iray. Unlock the Chains That Bind You. Digital image. Flickr. 8 Jan.
2009. Web. 20 May 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrayholly/3180765279/>.
•Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: HarperPerennial, 1998. Print.
•Nayyeri, Keyvan. Limited Freedom. Digital image. Flickr. 2 July 2005. Web.
20 May 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/keyvan/23072188/>.
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19 May 2012. <http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/employment/
redundancyandleavingyourjob/dg_10026688>.
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23. Rights
Kevin Pyee

24. World State’s View
Ford

25. World State’s View
Ford
People

26. World State’s View
Ford
People

27. World State’s View
Ford
rights
People

28. World State’s View
Ford
rights
People

29. World State’s View
Ford
People

30. Thesis
All rights are given to everyone.

31. Thesis
All rights are given to everyone.
Legal Privileges

32. Thesis
Legal Privileges
All rights are given to everyone.

33. Thesis
Legal Privileges
All rights are given to everyone.

34. Thesis
Legal Privileges
All rights are given to everyone.
Responsibilities

35. Compare
“The first Pregnancy
Substitute isn’t
compulsory till
twenty-one” (page 38)

36. ...
Pregnancy

37. ...
Pregnancy
Women’s RIGHTS

38. ...
Pregnancy
Women’s RIGHTS
morally wrong

39. ...2
“Books and loud noises,
flowers and electric
shocks–already in the
infant mind these
couples were
compromisingly
linked” (page 20)

40. ...
Rights to Everyone

41. ...
Rights to Everyone
Likes and Dislikes

42. ...
Rights to Everyone
Likes and Dislikes

43. ...
Rights to Everyone
Likes and Dislikes

44. Rights...
Born equal
Liberty
Marriage
Move freely

45. What’s Different?
Privileges can be given to everyone.
Responsibilities

46. How is access to information
controlled?
Brave New World is Huxley’s window
into the future.
Modern governments are leaving behind
obvious full-on censorship and are
taking subtler and quieter approaches
to censorship and information control.

47. What Governments used to do
• China and the USSR
• Value state history!
• Violence as a means of censorship
• Tiananmen Square
• Obvious censorship of literature in the
US
Why did
this fail?

48. BNW Solutions
• Things you need:
• Widespread total control
• Elimination of all harmful material
• Kind appearance and subtlety
• Conditioning from birth (the coup de
grace)
• Keep everyone distracted
“Government’s an affair of sitting, not
hitting” (49).
“What you need is a gramme of soma” (54).

49. Things Happening Now
“Wheels must turn steadily but cannot turn
untended” (42).
Government withheld information for
‘stability’ (Wikileaks)
• Huge corporations float to the top of the
food chain.
• i.e. Private investors can get
what they want, cures for
diseases withheld
SOPA and PIPA

50. • "BBC - History - Mao Zedong." BBC - Homepage. N.p., n.d. Web.
21 May 2012. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/
mao_zedong.shtml>.
• "Bill Text - 112th Congress (2011-2012) - THOMAS (Library of
Congress)." THOMAS (Library of Congress). N.p., n.d. Web. 21
May 2012. <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.
3261:>.
• Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. 1932. Reprint. New York:
Harper Perennial, 1998. Print.
• Siegal, N A. "Withholding the Cure (AIDS) by N A Siegal."
Third World Traveler, third world, United States foreign
policy, alternative media, travel. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 May
2012. <http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Health/
Withholding_Cure_AIDS.html>.
• "Tiananmen Square." World Famous Photos. N.p., n.d. Web. 21
May 2012. <worldsfamousphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/
tiananmen_square.jpg>.
• "Wikileaks." Finest Daily. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 May 2012.
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