"Why don't you let the see Othello instead? I've told you; it's old. Besides, they couldn't understand it. Yes, that was true. He remembered how Helmholtz had laughed at Romeo and Juliet. Well then, he said, after a pause, something new that's like Othello, and that they could understand" (Huxley 219).
In arguing on both sides of how scientific and technological advancement benefits humanity is demonstrated when the controller saw that John, the Savage had been reading his Shakespeare book and commented that the book is prohibited but he is one of the only people who have actually read because he can break the rules when he wants to. John then asked why the people in the brave new world are not allowed to read works such as Shakespeare and the controller claims it is because they do not people to have a liking to old things like Shakespeare but really it is probably because he does not want people to get any ideas and overthrow the society. The positive affects of restricting what people in a society has a like and dislike to is their would be no trends towards certain things and people would not bicker over what music is the best or what is best for their society. The negative affects to controlling people's likes and dislikes is if someone like John could come into the society and could start giving people in the society new ideas that could eventually lead to riots, wars and the destruction of the brave new world society.
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