A Brave New World Quote Analysis

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Aldous Huxley in his landmark dystopian novel, creates a far-reaching Montague of a dystopian society that reproduces perfect people though a hatchery that uses powerful technology that is taken way too far. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is widely corresponding to a brilliant array of new embryos from a technology-based future. His novel, took place in the year of A.F. 627 portraying abnormal reproduction through technology. This dystopian literature crystalizes perfect human beings that are designed in hatcheries under a drug known as soma which is in control building designs a temporary happiness within growing embryos. An analysis of the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley reveals that abnormal society is more powerful than a modern …show more content…
Huxley writes about the thought of verbal irony as being a way to connect the readers to the dystopian tale. For example, Huxley integrates verbal irony through the quote "The word for "father and mother" was not so much obscene as.... [it's] connotation... from the loathsome... moral obliquity of child bearing... the comically smutty word... had become... intolerable" (Huxley 51). This evidence explores verbal irony when referring to “mother and father” to be in loving terms. On the contrary, the words smutty meaning awful in the quote would never describe parents in society today. Secondly, Huxley distinguishes a sense of dramatic irony in order to reveal the ethical society of non-acceptance to normality. Another example I’ve gathered about dramatic irony creates the scene for the evidence Huxley prevails from “How many goodly creatures are here… how beauteous mankind is… oh brave new world, world [with] such people in it… Let’s start at once” (Huxley 139). The description of this evidence Huxley portrays a few dramatic ironies in this passage suggest the character John’s point of view is different to the present civilized world, therefore John lives with a culture he doesn’t always like calling people who he doesn’t think are normal, savages just because they do something different then him. To continue, Huxley captures a message …show more content…
For example, Huxley a foil character found through Bernard conveys readers through the other characters which for instance is Lenina another character. According to this example Huxley gives insight of a foil character through this very quote, “… I thought we’d be [more]… together here… With nothing but the sea and moon… Don’t you like being with me?” (Huxley 91). This passage champions foil character types because it talks a little bit about how close these two characters are and it speaks on behalf of Bernard and Len are not overlapping personalities buy them continuing to stay close and therefore, they promote a relationship throughout the novel. Additionally, Huxley reflects about a dynamic character beyond the majority of the story in order for the character to reveal to the reader the abnormal society. According to Medicines Brave New World I pulled out some genuine facts through this evidence to back up dynamic characters though the analysis, “Drugs, such as Prozac, can control moods” (Brave New World 6). This evidence suggests through dynamic character types crafting Bernard from one stage of his life to another by not believing in the drug soma at first that creates a brief moment of addictive happiness but towards the end of the book becomes a hypocrite and believes that a drug is the best way to be happy. Huxley also

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