"Murder kills only the individual- and, after all, what is an individual?" With a sweeping gesture he indicated the rows of microscopes, the test-tubes, the incubators. "We can make a new on with the greatest ease- as many as we like. Unorthodoxy threatens more than the life of a mere individual; it strikes at Society itself. Yes, at Society itself," he repeated" (Huxley 148).
Anchor Statement: Scientific and technological advancements benefit society.
In Chapter 9, Bernard basically travels to Santa Fe in order to get the papers necessary to bring Linda and John back to London with him. Bernard is on a very strict time limit but makes it back in time. In Chapter 10, the Director discusses with Mr. Foster how an individual is not as important because more people can be made, but unorthodoxy can damage more than just an individual, it can damage society as well. This statement by the Director goes to show how in the Brave New World, people are not as important. In our society, every individual is important and the crimes against them matter. But in the Brave New World, they focus more on how unorthodoxy can shake up society. Therefore, I qualify the statement that scientific and technological advancements benefit society, because although the scientific advancement of bokanovskify has created double the amount of embryos, it has decreased the importance of each individual embryo because of the vast supply of embryos as a whole.
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