BREAKDOWN OF FAMILY

Abdelhak El Mansouri

FAMILY

The original meaning of family is commitment and

strong bonds.

Today people are not as committed, so they have

weaker bonds.

Parents abandon their children more easily.

Children prefer not to have strong relationships

with their parents.

Many factors have helped in this disappearing of

family values.

MEANINGLESS SEX

In Brave New World, one of the things the “civilized”

do is meaningless sex.

Today, by having sex with many different women, one

forgets about the importance of affection and bonds.

Having a lot of sex may end up in having a baby,

making the parent dislike the baby and serve as a

simple vessel for the baby’s growth.

DISTRACTIONS

In Brave New World, the government gives

distractions, such as T.V.s, to people so that they

could be easily controlled.

Today, these distractions make the parents too

busy to take good care of their children, resulting in

weaker bonds between the members.

CONDITIONING

The government in Brave New World takes control

of the children and does not allow the people to read

books.

People are conditioned this way so that they could

be easier to control.

The government is afraid of love because they

believe that it might be the start of a reaction.

STATS

U.S divorce rate is 53%.

Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Luxembourg are at over

60%.

Highest is Belgium with 70%

Chile is the lowest with 3%