After the test tube phase, the fertilized eggs are placed into larger containers and taken to a room to be conditioned and predestined (13). The remaining eggs become Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons which then pass through a phase called Bokanovsky’s Process (6).īokanovskification is a process that involves the budding (splitting and multiplying) of a single egg to produce an average of 72 identical twins, but up to 96 (8). After multiple phases of fertilizing the eggs of an ovary, some eggs are set aside to be Alphas and Betas, these are to be bottled for development. Scientists take great pride in the amount of eggs they can produce with a single ovary (6). First, the eggs are harvested from ovaries. In order to breed a specific type of individual for a caste, there is a scientific process that must be undergone that involves multiple phases, a process known as ectogenesis. Among these different types of individuals are, from highest to lowest social standing and intelligence, Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons (6). Each of these five have a unique designation within society. There are five different types of humans that are created by lab workers at the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre. Since the authorities believe that an organized caste system is essential to maintain societal order in their world, they literally create people according to their own specifications. Human beings are both grown and biologically altered by means of science in Brave New World. That being said, of all the technology that furthers the existence of the culture in the novel Brave New World, I feel that Ectogenesis (developing embryos outside of the body) and its subsequent behavioral conditioning, to be of greatest importance in the book. Their societal values and laws are only possible because of scientific progress and technological advancement. Many of the values that we hold dear in our world are laughed at or thought to be perverse in the novel. They are designed to coast through life without pain, questions, occupational choice, or a need of God. They are engineered to fit into one of several slots of a caste system. People are bred in labs and they are manipulated from birth to think and feel as they are programmed to. The book tells us of a fictional society which functions primarily based on its advanced technology, technology that doesn’t seem too far beyond our own. In his famous book Brave New World, we find an important lesson which provokes thoughts of caution and wisdom for the future. The great writer Aldous Huxley once said, “Technological progress has merely provided us with the most efficient means for going backwards” (Ends and Means 9).
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