In Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" the setting is set many years into the future. This
             future describes a world where science and technology have been allowed to progress
             unchecked. There are no moral or spiritual obligations and the good of society is placed above
             individuality and freedom. Lenina Crown is a perfect example of this society and all that it
             Lenina Crown is a model example of how unchecked technology can destroy humanity. If
             you allow every desire to be satisfied with no work or effort it teaches people that they are
             entitled to privileges and should not have to work for them. With only physical wants
             considered the moral, emotional, and spiritual aspects of society are eliminated, leaving only
             pleasure as a deciding factor. The lack of care for resources is shown with the hypnopaedic
             phrase of "Ending is better than mending." This along with, "Every one belongs to every one
             else" capture the spirit of the New World perfectly. There is nothing needed except pleasure
             and instant gratification to factor into a decision.
             If you allow science and technology to be your god and savior it is proof of a decaying
             society. If progress becomes more important than spirituality you begin to lose your soul, the
             very part of you that makes you human. Lenina's complete lack of knowledge of God, religion,
             and faith show that even though there is little suffering in the New World, there is no real joy
             or happiness. True happiness can only come from faith and without it there can only be a
             mediocre existence. Lenina can not understand John's religion, the Indian's beliefs or anything
             that resembles faith. This is because the New World discourages anything but the present and
             physical pleasure. This keeps the citizens happy only because they have never experience true
             For all her beauty and brains, Lenina lacks one of the corner stones of a
             ...