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According to Mustapha Mond, what are the actions the World State must take to guard against corruption and loss?

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Posted by efray on Monday October 6, 2008 at 9:36 PM and tagged with brave new world, corruption, mustapha mond, world state.

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  1. mwestwood
    mwestwood Teacher
    Community / Jr. College

    According to Mustapha Mond in "Brave New World,"  creativity, emotions, and the arts must be sacrificed in order to guard against corruption and loss: "You can't make tragedies without sacrificing stability."   For, Mond explains, human emotions can be inspiration for terrible change.

    The best way to preserve stability is to keep most people on a level where they do not think for themselves.  Thus, the World State conditions people from birth and controls them with soma  which removes any discontent.  People's thinking must remain within the social order.

    It is interesting that Mustapha Mond does not follow his own directives, for his thinking extends to forbidden books and ideas.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/brave-new-world/chapter-16-summary-...
    http://www.enotes.com/brave/characters

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    Posted by mwestwood on Tuesday October 7, 2008 at 10:33 PM