Brave New World July 13, 2010 Pages 41-80

The imagination of Huxley in this section of the novel shines brightly as he describes a future of personal, airborne transportation and the promiscuity of the future culture. His inventiveness dreams up the many levels of contraceptives used by the futuristic females. His views of future governments and their controls on the population are also very intriguing. For example, the government disallows any sport that does not use a certain amount of material things. This helps stimulate the economy by forcing people to purchase goods if they wish to participate in a sporting event. The many references to “Ford” also were very interesting. This reference may be to the late Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company. In this skewed future, he may have gained a world dictatorship and enforced new laws to force the proletariat into submission. It is interesting how the whole of the population worships Ford as a kind of omnipotent leader.