"Come, Greater Being, Social Friend,
Annihilating Twelve-in-One!
We long to die, for when we end,
Our larger life has but begun." (Brave New World, pg. 81)
Huxley uses this quatrain as an example of the ceremony called Solidarity Service. It is an odd service in which the people offer their lifes to Ford. This quatrain revealed something about this society we are learning about. Something I did not believe this society have. Faith. It's a twisted, corrupted faith much like a cult, however. Through the lines in the quatrain, we see the people's dedication to "Our Ford" much like our dedication to "Our Lord." They will die for their Ford like a martyr. But that wasn't what suprised me as much as the last line in the quatrain. "Our larger life has but begun." (BNW, pg. 81) Earlier in the novel, the director and commander said that heaven was something people ages ago believed in, and these people were ridiculous. However, the people themselves say that their life truly begins after their death - a key believe in Christianity. This shows that the people really don't understand what they say - they're just pawns of conditioned response. If they understood what they were saying, they would realize that they were living in a paradox. I found these quatrains particularly revealing about the people and how effective their drug soma is.
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