Journal Entry #4: Typical Beta-Double Minus Child (Lowest high-caste ranking)

DISCLAIMER: ALL INCORRECT GRAMMAR AND SPELLING IS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE

The position, while not in itself a main or supporting character, represents all the bleak stupidity and hive mind-likeness of the majority of the people. So it is essentially the extras in a movie- there's many of them there, none individually important, but you couldn't do the movie without the group.

I have decided to take up writing in order to pursue my thoughts and keep track of them. I am a Beta Double-Minus and it is the very best position to be. It is the very best because all the lower castes are very stupid and wear horrid clothes, and the Alphas work very hard. I have the very best position because I am smart, but don't have to work very hard. Also, Beta's wear the best color clothes, red, much better than the blacks of Epsilons and the Greens and Khakis of the Gammas and Deltas. My favorite time is when we get our soma, soma is a really good thing that lets you have a fun holiday in your head, and you wake up fine.

My day today was good. We woke up from soma, have elementary lessons, free time, some minor jobs and then enjoy ourselves for the rest of the day. Today I played Electro-Magnetic Golf (Note: the golf itself does not represent anything. The novel was written in 1932 and he is predicting the advance games they might play) with a few of my friends. We then visited the hospital for “death conditioning” and we got éclairs! They were very good. I like it when we go to the hospital because we always get the best treats; they’re usually chocolate which is my favorite. Then we went to the dining hall and we got our ration of soma. Some boys were trying to be first in the line and acting up, but they were threatened that their soma might get taken away! What a horrible thought- they immediately started acting better! Then they gave up the soma and we went to out quarters. The day was very good, the same as yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that. All of the days are very good here. I’m so glad I’m a Beta, because we don’t have to work so hard, but we are smart unlike those stupid Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons.

I think this represents the majority of the population fairly well. In case you hadn’t noticed, it is written in the perspective of a child. He wakes up, goes through his daily routine, receives soma, repeats. He is fairly stupid, and completely apathetic (emotionless) to the people in the hospital, as that is what death conditioning does.

I think they were a major part because, as mentioned earlier, they are sort of the backdrops. Essential, but individually non-consequential at the same time.