Brave New World Title Analysis

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This is the first line in the novel where the title is referenced. I have noticed that in all the books I have read, the line referencing the title is especially powerful and really stands out in your mind as a reader. After I read this quote for the first time, I stopped reading for a couple minutes and stopped to think about both this quote and everything that has led up to it. Everything came full circle. Something about it really made the book click for me, as if a light bulb was turned on. The term "brave new word" finally revealed itself in the book to describe the place where John has been wanting to go his whole life. This "brave new world" is the place where Linda, Bernard, and Lenina had come from: "the Other Place." John believes

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