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With reference to the text, discuss Mustafa Mond's statement: " The secret to happiness is liking what you have to do."



Mustafa Mond is presented to us as one of the Ten World Controllers in Brave New World, of that Utopian, communal and stabilized world, set six hundred years into future. This new world that contradicts the world we live in today, eliminated the Freedoms that we depend on: the freedom of choice, the freedom of thought, religion and being. They have chosen to condition their individuals in baby factories in order to ensure identity, community and stability. The fundamental tenet behind the conditioning is utilitarianism, which describes a society that seeks to create maximum happiness. Those who are happy are thought to be efficient and beneficial to society. Mond's statement: "The secret to happiness is liking what you have to do," applies to his ‘conditioned' world, with abolished Freedoms, but it does not apply to the world we......

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