People rely on DNA and science too much, which could potently corrupt our society. Andrew Niccols warns us of the dangers of genetic experimentation, it caused a larger amount of discrimination towards people who had flaws in their genes. People who don’t fit the criteria of a ‘Valid’ are tossed aside and seen as the ‘in valid.’ This was called ‘Genorism’, even though discrimination was against the law, in valids were seen as a
Identity is based on the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognised or known, and is impacted by various factors including human connections and the environment. A disruption of these stable elements ultimately fuels the loss of identity. Mary Shelly’s Romantic novel Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s science fiction film Blade Runner (1992) demonstrate how a more profound and sophisticated understanding of disruption and identity arises from the consideration of the parallels between the two texts. Though Frankenstein and Blade Runner differ in context, they draw on similar philosophical and societal values of their time to simultaneously extrapolate the twofold themes of The Human Experience; what it means to be human, and the dangers of disrupting the natural order through technological advancements. Thus the linking premise is that dehumanisation or a loss of identity results once nature has been disrupted, and humanity becomes subservient to technology and scientific advancement.
Humans are creatures of circumstance. However, there are those respected voices in the anthropological world such as Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson that contend we are not. Instead, we are slaves to our biological makeup. According to their essay, Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence, it is difficult to escape our evolutionary past and we are, as a result, forced to act according to our inherent nature. Both Peterson and Wrangham believe that war and human violence exist because of inherited behavioral tendencies.
While science protects us from natural dangers, it creates its own manufactured risks. However the good and bad effects of science show features distinguishing it from other belief systems – known as its cognitive power. It enables us to explain, predict and control the world in a way that non scientific or pre scientific belief systems cannot do. Sir Karl Popper (1959) argues science is an open belief system where every scientist’s theories are open to scrutiny, criticism and testing by others. Science is governed by the principle of falsificationism.
Winston’s desire to attain a unilateral, abstract understanding of the Party’s methods and evils in order to consider and reject them epitomizes his speculative, restless nature. He obsesses about history in particular, trying to understand how the Party’s control of information about the past enhances its power in the present. This fixation is so profound that he almost unconsciously finds himself in front of Mr Charrington’s store. Winston’s trip to the prole district illustrates the relationship between social class and awareness of one’s situation. Life in the prole district is animalistic, filthy, and impoverished.
Man’s desire’s of the mind encourages competition among humans, and ultimately; murder (the hunt for blood). Conceptually, dualism is present with the pairing of black vs. white, captain vs. crew, and slaves vs. Calhoun. Captain Falcon, mentions that man cannot be without dualism. “they are signs of a transcendental Fault, a deep crack in consciousness itself.” There is dualism between the states of consciousness. Ironically, this so- called “necessary” pairing veers away from unity, the overall goal of Buddhism.
“Labour” and “consummation” reveal the sexual nature of the experiment, suggesting that his repressed sexual feelings are manifesting in the form of the “Creature”. By relating consummation to scientific progress rather than sex, one might ascertain that Victor may portray an innate fear of his own sexuality. The creation of the Monster is not the only process by which we gain knowledge of Victor’s sexual frustrations. Earlier in the story, we learn of his mother’s death while tending to his stepsister Elizabeth. Perhaps,
These concerns directly impact human rights, the law and everyday life for those affected particularly the young and ethnic minority groups since these are the groups disproportionately represented moreover allegations still exist that despite the Steven Lawrence case of 1993, institutional racism still exists. With stop and search the police deliberately force allegations upon and use the law indiscriminately where certain suspects are accused and the criticisms constantly and inherently labelled at the police are fully justified. What’s more the subsequent police conduct once searched is believed to be unpleasant and discriminatory; additionally the manner of searches can be humiliating and embarrassing for those involved. Overall stop and search is an ineffective method of investigating and disrupting crime for numerous and long standing reasons. One, is that the rate of arrests is extremely poor in co-ordination to the ratio of stops; the stop/search to arrest rate declined from 17per cent in 1986 to just 10 per cent between 1996 to 98, (McConville & Wilson, 2002, pg559).
The Significance of a “Brave New World” Huxley is trying to get a lesson across, that technology is destroying the basics of society: family, cultural diversity, art, literature, science, religion and philosophy. He specifically uses John for this purpose. He also uses John to get his warning across about socialist and communist attitudes and to some degree his opposition to a capitalist consumer society. He uses some of the themes of the book to warn humanity as a whole about the use of technology to control society, the dangers of an all-powerful state and the incompatibility of happiness and truth. These warnings are relevant to today’s society because technology and media are changing the way we look at human feelings and rights, trying to avoid a society where people are not so much denied human rights such as free speech and expression but conditioned to not care.
The valley of the ashes connects with Gatsby’s failure in obtaining the American Dream because it is obviously is the root of a lack of success. The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg are fading eyes on a billboard looking over the valley of the ashes. They represent God’s omniscience and overwhelming ability to see all corruption in the world. Throughout the novel, Tom and Myrtle have an affair although they are married, therefore committing adultery. One night, Myrtle runs into the street and is hit by a car, “It’s driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick dark blood with the dust.”(pg 137) The way she was hit left her in a prayer position facing the Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg on the billboard, as if she is forced to pay for repentance for her sins.