Monday, February 11, 2013

A World Full of Hapiness...


A world with no war, no pain, no regret, only happiness.  That's what Brave New World's society is like.  Everybody is ALWAYS happy.  When you slightly feel a bit down, all you have to do is take soma, a happy drug.  This is a world that knows no love, pain, hurt, regret, anything; except happiness.  At first it doesn't sound too bad, but really is this the way to live life?  Emotionless, unloved, with no family, nobody you truly care for. 

1984 sounds very frightful and depressing with all the war, but what really sounds frightful to me is not feeling at all.  Just pure, raw happiness and nothing else; it seems...unnatural.  Like a robot almost.  Plus, no one has families, therefore there's nobody you truly love or care for.  There are no relationships since "everyone belongs to everyone." 

What is life then, without challenges, motivation, love, or hurt? Everything goes your way and you’re happy.  It's wrong.  It's not life.  It's something else.  Something I hope we never reach.  This world sounds so frightful; to have to succumb yourself to a drug to feel fake happiness.  Yeah, maybe our world could be a bit less warring or sad, but it's life.  I wouldn't give myself up to some fake, happy world.  This world is full of happiness, but truly it's dark, and odd.  It brainwashes people into not loving, not caring, not hating.  Could you really stand that much joy that's fake, brainwashed into people.  It's scary to think that's all we could feel.

1 comment:

  1. Gaby-
    You have a terrific argument based on your opinions. I agree that only feeling happy would be quite irritating. In the future, you need to cite specific examples from the text to back up your argument, not just list opinion. Score: 22/25
    Mrs. Newell

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