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Brave New World

Ford Symbol Analysis

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The World State doesn't really have a religion, but it does have a symbolic and revered father figure: Henry T. Ford. Ford is the perfect "god" for World State society because in developing his Ford Motor Company, he invented mass production by means of the assembly line and the specialization of workers, each of whom has one single and specific job. The World State takes Ford's ideas about mass production and the assembly line and applies them to biology—to people. The entire World State is an assembly line, pumping out people conditioned to fit into a single specialized caste and job.

Ford Quotes in Brave New World

The Brave New World quotes below all refer to the symbol of Ford. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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). Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Harper Perennial edition of Brave New World published in 2006.
Chapter 3 Quotes
You all remember, I suppose, that beautiful and inspired saying of Our Ford's: History is bunk.
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Related Characters: Mustapha Mond (speaker)
Related Symbols: Ford
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Page Number: 34
Explanation and Analysis:

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Chapter 5 Quotes
Ford, we are twelve; oh make us one,
Like drops within the Social River;
Oh, make us now together run
As swiftly as thy shining Flivver.
Come, Greater Being, Social Friend,
Annihilating Twelve-in-One!
We long to die, for when we end,
Our larger life has but begun.
Feel how the Greater Being comes!
Rejoice and, in rejoicings, die!
Melt in the music of the drums!
For I am you and you are I.
Orgy-porgy, Ford and fun,
Kiss the girls and make them One.
Boys at One with girls at peace;
Orgy-porgy gives release."
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Related Symbols: Ford
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Page Number: 81-84
Explanation and Analysis:

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Ford Symbol Timeline in Brave New World

The timeline below shows where the symbol Ford appears in Brave New World. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3
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The Cost of Happiness Theme Icon
...promiscuity were terrible. The director exclaims in shock and awe that this man is his fordship, Mustapha Mond, one of the ten World Controllers. (full context)
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...to make everyone happy whenever they wanted to be. The first sale of a Model-T Ford was chosen as the beginning of the new era. (full context)
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