Brave New World Analysis

In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley uses tone to develop characters in the novel while simultaneously showing that every character is cast out at some point in their lives. This utopian future setting is developed throughout the whole first half of the novel.The entire culture is different, children are genetically bred and conditioned in so called Hatcheries. “ “Stability,” said the controller, “Stability. No civilization without social stability. No social stability without individual stability” (page 42) Each person supports a specific role in society, and if they break that role they are exiled. Readers get the chance to meet a few characters who question why they were even decanted or in John's case, Born.

P144 "What should have been the crowning moment of Bernard's whole career had turned out to be the moment of his greatest humiliation." He had tried to elevate himself, to become accepted in a society that shunned him, by using the savage, but it had backfired and therefore the reader can sympathise. Not only had he lost the respect of his peers and fellow Alphas, but also he had lost the respect of someone who was, in many ways, so similar to him. Bernard can be pitied immensely for his ability to sense, see and appreciate things of beauty and as he could value and enjoy his

“If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.” Within Brave New World, a totalitarian government in a utopian world is depicted by a handful of hatchery directors that condition each of their creations and divide them into groups amongst one another based on qualities in order to establish an idealistic stable community depicting the theme of power. Aldous Huxley illustrates social and political worldly conflicts within a newfound society to ridicule the behavior of other upon him and the strictness of his living environment during the 1930’s and surroundings by using figurative language, tone, and detail.

Lenina is a woman who works in the embryo store of the hatchery. She represents the ideal citizen of the world state, and she undergoes a change in character towards the end of the novel. She begins as a conforming World state citizen, midway she feels some degree of love for John, then at the end she contributes to the death of John. At the beginning of the novel Lenina is the epitome of the world state female, and the world state citizen. She seems to be quite Vapid, a clear description of this was in the discussion between Henry Foster and the assistant Predestinator. Henry says ’Oh, she’s a splendid girl.Wonderfully pneumatic. I’m surprised you haven’t had

While not immediately dangerous, the Great Depression took a toll on the way Americans’ lived their lives. Due to consumerism and risky stock market strategies, after the economy of the Roaring Twenties and WWI, rural Americans moved to the cites and the agricultural industry started to fail which was a major cause of the Great Depression, along with irresponsible bank structure. Life during this 10 year period of poor economy was tragic for nearly everyone, “three years after the crash, near thirty million Americans had lost their source of income…” (Gregory) Since most families did not have a source of income, they were forced to live in horrible conditions, starving themselves, and being unable to pay for many common necessities.

In order to understand the overarching message of Brave New World, Huxley uses a variety of elements such as Archetypes, Allusions, and the conflict of man vs society in which help highlight the novel.

I picked this quote because I thought it was odd that Lenina didn't understand or like that fact that Bernard wanted to hang out alone with her and just talk without being in a big group or crowd of people because that's how it works with us in our society. I also think it is weird how when people go on dates in this book they don't care about getting to know someone they only do it because they were toast it was the natural thing to date as many people as possible and not really getting too attached to one person. (102)

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Lenina falls into the stereotypical person from the society. She constantly repeats many of the hypnopædic phrases that she was conditioned to know. For instance, when she is having her conversation with Henry about the Epsilons she states, “I suppose Epsilons don’t really mind being Epsilons…” and then after a bit of explanation, “…Everybody’s happy now,” (74-75). This shows that even though a little thought was put into what she said, Lenina still uses her hypnopædic training as a basis for everything. Another example of this is when she continuously repeats, “A gramme is better than a damn,” (116). This is one of the hypnopædic thoughts that are popular amongst everyone and seem to be a reaction when the word damn is used. So while Lenina can think for herself and make her own ideas about things, the hypnopædic suggestions provide a basis for her actions that she makes throughout the story like taking soma whenever she’s bored and when she wants to get away.

The Brave New World has a lot of complexity and topics that are still relevant in the 21st Century. Throughout the novel one of the themes that caught my attention was how the World State uses social programing to structure their society. The society is being taught not to think about change, follow orders, have a sexual life, and be happy by using soma.

At the very beginning of the novel sex is shown to play an important role in the new society because kids are playing sex games in bushes. This should immediately evoke a sense of bewilderment by the reader because sex amongst children is looked down upon by normal society. Throughout the entire novel sex occurs quite often, but love is never correlated with the intimacy. The characters simply choose who they want to be with and then act upon the person without putting forth much effort at all. Having sex with others and not loving the person is something that is normally looked down upon in normal society, so Huxley obviously intended to have a large impact on the readers. To further his exploitation of taboo subjects, Huxley makes the New World a society in which drugs known as Soma are used to fix any problem that may occur. Whenever something that seems like it might be the least bit problematic arises, Soma is taken to ease them of any tension. This eliminates any problem solving and rids of the overall satisfaction from overcoming difficulties. But problems seldom occur to inhabitants of the New World, and Huxley wanted to make drugs commonplace in Brave New World. So, Soma is also taken during most instances of sex which increases the drastic impact on the reader. All of Huxley’s exaggerations of the New World is meant to make the reader think about his own society and think about the path

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This again shows Lenina's attempt to escape from the harsh reality of her brainwashed society. All the times that Lenina resorts to soma use, it is due to a recognition that her life and world are not perfect and in control, but rather full of people who have no grasp on real freedom and control. Though she does not directly fight the power that dominates society, her apperception of the problem exhibits a greater intelligence and understanding of the Brave New World.

Lenina being a lady in the Brave New World society cannot feel the same things other women feel in the real world. She can only recognize men wanting her for sexual pleasure. In real life, women recognize their real worth and don’t blindly let any man into their life. Lenina is to naïve and her brain only has one

Lenin did not like Stalin. He thought he was rude and he thought that he would make bad leader. “Stalin is too rude and this defect, although quite tolerable in