In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Huxley is describing the new generation as too advanced in technology. Huxley uses literary devices such as diction, imagery, and language to create the satiric nature of the novel. The advancement of technology described by Huxley led society to depend on drugs, technology, and have broken relationships. Huxley use of words can be used to relate Brave New World to some similar problems that were happening during his time, the 1930’s.
The advancement of technology has led the whole generation to change completely. Huxley describes how the hatcheries in Brave New World decide the fate of every individual from the moment they’re made from the test tubes. “We can make a new one with the greatest ease- as many as we like.”(148) The quote explains how …show more content…
“You can’t expect me to keep a straight face about fathers and mothers. And who’s going to get excited about a boy having a girl or not having her?”(185) Helmhotz listens to John read Romeo and Juliet but finds it amusing to find John talking about the parents in the story and he begins to laugh whenever he hears that Romeo only had eyes for Juliet. The fact that people in World State don’t have parents makes bad relationships because parents are usually the first teachers to children, educating them right from wrong. I believe what Huxley was trying to explain with the lack of parents can be referring to how children would grow up without one of the parents in the late 1930’s when World War 2 was beginning. Helmhotz found it amusing to think that Romeo only loved one person because in the novel there is no such thing of relationships but instead everyone belongs everyone. Huxley could be referring to the Great Depression when explaining the relationships because most of the population were suffering as a whole and each person were sharing the same
The advancement of technology has led the whole generation to change completely. Huxley describes how the hatcheries in Brave New World decide the fate of every individual from the moment they’re made from the test tubes. “We can make a new one with the greatest ease- as many as we like.”(148) The quote explains how …show more content…
“You can’t expect me to keep a straight face about fathers and mothers. And who’s going to get excited about a boy having a girl or not having her?”(185) Helmhotz listens to John read Romeo and Juliet but finds it amusing to find John talking about the parents in the story and he begins to laugh whenever he hears that Romeo only had eyes for Juliet. The fact that people in World State don’t have parents makes bad relationships because parents are usually the first teachers to children, educating them right from wrong. I believe what Huxley was trying to explain with the lack of parents can be referring to how children would grow up without one of the parents in the late 1930’s when World War 2 was beginning. Helmhotz found it amusing to think that Romeo only loved one person because in the novel there is no such thing of relationships but instead everyone belongs everyone. Huxley could be referring to the Great Depression when explaining the relationships because most of the population were suffering as a whole and each person were sharing the same