Brave New World Ch. 14.1: When Comfort Replaces Humanity | Banned Books Comedy
In this chapter, John visits his dying mother in a 60-story hospital that looks more like a high-end spa than a place where anyone should be facing the end of their life. Linda is drugged, the twins swarm like a nightmare daycare field trip, and the World State’s approach to death gets more disturbing the longer you sit with it.
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Things To Listen For:
- The jarring contrast between the hospital’s cheerful design and the actual experience of death.
- Jennifer’s “Mar-a-Lago face” theory about World State beauty standards.
- Dan describing multiple public figures using the phrase “anus eyes,” and the show immediately derailing.
- Robot defining “second infancy” in a way that somehow makes everything worse.
- The brutal scene where children are conditioned to treat death like an amusement-park exhibit.
- Linda’s brief moment of recognition through the haze of soma.
Why Was Brave New World Banned?
For decades, this book has been challenged for its sexual content, drug use, anti-religious ideas, and its portrayal of a state that manages citizens through pleasure instead of punishment. This chapter’s depiction of dehumanization and state-controlled death is exactly the kind of critique that makes censors nervous.
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Featured Clips
This episode includes short clips from the karaoke version of “Bette Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes. All rights belong to their respective owners and are used here under fair use for cultural commentary and education.
Disclaimer
Banned Camp features readings and discussions of banned books for the purpose of criticism, commentary, education, and entertainment, in accordance with fair use guidelines.
The material from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is shared under these principles, with the intent of provoking thought and conversation about literature, censorship, and societal issues. The original work remains owned by its copyright holders, and we encourage listeners to purchase a copy here to read the full book.
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Topics Covered:
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, Chapter 14, John, Linda, L
