Brave New World, Chapter 1- The Formation of Uniform Batches

"My good boy!" The Director wheeled sharply round on him. "Can't you see? Can't you see?" He raised a hand; his expression was solemn. "Bokanovsky's Process is one of the major instruments of social stability!"

Major instruments of social stability.

Standard men and women; in uniform batches. The whole of a small factory staffed with the products of a single bokanovskified egg.

"Ninety-six identical twins working ninety-six identical machines!" The voice was almost tremulous with enthusiasm. "You really know where you are. For the first time in history." He quoted the planetary motto. "Community, Identity, Stability." Grand words. "If we could bokanovskify indefinitely the whole problem would be solved."

Solved by standard Gammas, unvarying Deltas, uniform Epsilons. Millions of identical twins. The principle of mass production at last applied to biology." (Huxley 5-6)

 

In the first chapter of Brave New World, the audience is introduced to a new "World State" which consists of a society where the population is genetically engineered. The Director of Hatchery believes in "Bokanovsky's Process", which is a process that is seen as a key aspect in having the perfect society and world through the cloning of humans. It is encouraged from the director to the students that the stability of their world is due to the similarity of each caste, the caste's include Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta or Epsilon. These caste's also determine their destiny; where one is in the community of the world, and whether they are "future sewage workers"(Alphas) or "future world controllers"(epsilons). In some ways it might be beneficial to have a society with many positive similarities, however it may also be harmful and bland to live in a world with a single identity.