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They worship him because they think so highly of manufacturing and production. Henry Ford and Ford are what set that into motion in the past.

No, but the album of the same name by Iron Maiden is just as good.

[quote=Keywhees]Worst...Book...EVER. [/quote]
There are definitely people who don't like it... but usually, when they want to be taken seriously, they have things like arguments and points and stuff.

On topic: Henry Ford brought the assembly line to mass market prominence. The assembly line is the ultimate display of sacrificing human pleasures for mechanical efficiency: it completely kills any intrinsic motivation to work on something. If you work on an assembly line, you are probably not having a whole lot of fun. It's a piece of technology that carries philosophical undertones with it, and the setting in Brave New World embraces that philosophy as much as it possibly can.

[quote=Keywhees]Worst...Book...EVER. [/quote]

woha, no.
i really thought it was a fantastic book when i first read it.

[quote=Keywhees]Worst...Book...EVER. [/quote]

why is this directed at me? lol. it's an excellent book. and Huxley's an excellent author.

No I'm illiterate.

[quote=AugustRain]Brave New World reflects Huxley's concerns over the ramifications of living in a society fueled solely by profits and consumerism. This is parallel with modern life.

The society worships and runs on the principles of Henry Ford, automative pioneer of mass production by the means of the assembly line, who paved the way for economic growth. The World State takes Ford's ideas about efficiency, production, and consumerism and applies them to people. The entire World State is an assembly line.[/quote]
Worst...Book...EVER.

The baby hatcheries directly resemble Henry Ford's assembly line. He's worshiped as a god because of his contribution to science/technology.

Brave New World reflects Huxley's concerns over the ramifications of living in a society fueled solely by profits and consumerism. This is parallel with modern life.

The society worships and runs on the principles of Henry Ford, automative pioneer of mass production by the means of the assembly line, who paved the way for economic growth. The World State takes Ford's ideas about efficiency, production, and consumerism and applies them to people. The entire World State is an assembly line.

I love that book, however I don't remember the specifics.

edit: http://www.shmoop.com/brave-new-world/ford-symbol.html

edit edit: "Throughout Brave New World, the citizens of the World State substitute the name of Henry Ford, the early twentieth-century industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company, wherever people in our own world would say Lord" (i.e., Christ). This demonstrates that even at the level of casual conversation and habit, religion has been replaced by reverence for technology--specifically the efficient, mechanized factory production of goods that Henry Ford pioneered."
- http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/bravenew/themes.html