"Finally-and this was by far the strongest reason for people's not wanting to see poor Linda-there was her appearance. Fat; having lost her youth; with bad teeth, and a blotched complexion, and that figure (Ford!)-you simply couldn't look at her without feeling sick, yes, positively sick" (Huxley 153).
In arguing on both sides of how scientific and technological advancement benefits humanity is demonstrated when Linda returns from the reservation in New Mexico and her appearance had changed since she had been in the brave new world. All of the people in the brave new world wanted nothing to do with her because she had aged past thirty, got fat probably from having her child John, and had horrible teeth. The positive affects of being able to look young until someone dies is that people do not have to worry about health problems and a person does not have to deal with growing wrinkles on the skin which most people would have to usually worry about. The negative affects of not aging past thirty is that when someone such as Linda comes from the reservation people are utterly disgusted by them because they are actually aging past thirty, and their figure is different from everyone else's such as the women because in the reservation women actually give birth to children instead of children being born in a hatchery in the brave new world society.
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