The citizens of the World State constitute a eusocial consumer society whose individuals are produced in hatcheries by application of “Bokanovsky’s” and other techniques to the hatchery line to produce the five classes or castes named after letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and epsilon.
Q. What is the purpose of the castes in Brave New World?
The Brave New World society is based on a caste system. There are five castes, Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons. Each caste is assigned different tasks or jobs, which they have to perform in order to uphold the stability of the supposedly perfect society.
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Q. How are the castes distinguished from each other?
Within each caste, there are higher and lower graduations: one can be, for example, an Alpha-plus or a Delta-minus. Beyond sheer intelligence, other characteristics distinguish the castes, for example, height. Deltas and Epsilons, who are the least intelligent castes, are also the shortest.
Q. What is the purpose of the savage reservation in Brave New World?
The Savage Reservation is an area where the technologies of the World State have not been introduced. The “savages” still give birth, believe in gods and endure physical pain and emotional suffering. The people and customs of the Savage Reservation are modeled loosely on the traditions of Zuñi Native Americans.
Q. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
the Epsilons
Q. Can a Shudra become a Brahmin?
Can a pauper be a Brahmin? A king can be a Shudra and a pauper can be a Brahmin, in this paradigm, as attested to, by the Vedas, Upanishads, Brahmanas and Puranas. There are said to be four Varna: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya and Shudra, in society.
Q. What caste is Gopal?
Gopal or Gauda is an Indian caste, which is a synonym of the Ahir (Yadav) caste from Odisha State in East India. Their traditional occupation is cattle-herding and cultivation.
