Metaphors In Brave New World
In today’s day and age, it is almost impossible to feel completely “free”. No matter where we go or who we interact with, there is always someone more powerful than ourselves watching our every move, just waiting for us to slip up. Whether it's your boss, law enforcement, or a strict teacher, these figures never fail to make their omnipresent looming known. These themes are constantly prevalent in our media, including books such as Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Throughout Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”, there is an abundance of symbolic patterns and hidden metaphors. Whether discussing the dark intentions of the drug “soma”, or what it truly means to be happy, it is impossible to become bored with the web of meaning Huxley has created. In Brave New World, we are introduced to the concept of originality,
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With a seemingly flawless reproduction, placement, and education programs, the leaders of the world order take control over the population like that. Leaving (almost) zero room for error in their pre-designed, perfectly orderly system. The leaders of the world state actively control their citizens into being mindless workers by discouraging them to think freely, which is Aldous Huxley’s way of trying to make the reader realize that they are in the same situation. From Alphas to Epsilons, any gender can theoretically fit into any of the classes of the social order. However, as the story progresses we have no interactions with any female characters above Beta status. The female characters of Brave New World, although seemingly uneducated and inferior to the male characters, make a big statement about how the World State is designed. Most are stripped of their ability to reproduce, and are encouraged to date, sleep with, and interact with as many men as possible-- a concept drastically different to ones we see today. Because these women are socially forbidden to have monogamous relationships, most have zero
With a seemingly flawless reproduction, placement, and education programs, the leaders of the world order take control over the population like that. Leaving (almost) zero room for error in their pre-designed, perfectly orderly system. The leaders of the world state actively control their citizens into being mindless workers by discouraging them to think freely, which is Aldous Huxley’s way of trying to make the reader realize that they are in the same situation. From Alphas to Epsilons, any gender can theoretically fit into any of the classes of the social order. However, as the story progresses we have no interactions with any female characters above Beta status. The female characters of Brave New World, although seemingly uneducated and inferior to the male characters, make a big statement about how the World State is designed. Most are stripped of their ability to reproduce, and are encouraged to date, sleep with, and interact with as many men as possible-- a concept drastically different to ones we see today. Because these women are socially forbidden to have monogamous relationships, most have zero