Brave New World 4

"After all, every one belongs to every one else." pg. 43

The quotation above displays an aphorism about the lifestyle of the World State. In the years After Ford (A.F.), people are subconsciously programed to not "attach" to other  people. I think this belief stems from the creator of the World State. My theory is that sometime during this person's life, he or she was severely hurt and betrayed by someone of trust. This person was unable to recover from the tragedy and as a result created an alternate universe where people are trained from birth to never grow attachment to anyone. If this is done, no one will get hurt. The creator must have feared being alone above anything, because the mere utterance of the word alone horrified Fanny and everyone else in the World State. I think its kind of ironic how here the ultimate fear is being alone when these people are conditioned to distance themselves emotionally from everyone. To me, I think that this would cause more loneliness than becoming vulnerable with people. However, it is clear that not all people in the World State agree with this method. Bernard Marx and Lenina Crowne seem to stand out from the normality. It seems that they would each rather be with one person than with everyone, which is the ideal scenario in today's world. I think that this different mindset will result in major conflict later on in the book.