In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World he use of imagery,concrete diction,and figurative language to show how his 1930’s society and politics are decaying. He introduces the book by giving us a very detailed description of London that gives the feel of a very controlled, and drastic change in morals.
Their motto “World State’s motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY”(1) is what they wish to accomplish by controlling the people in this society. From the moment a person is made they predestined to do only what will benefit society. They are conditioned from the moment they are made so they can be easily controlled. People are not only controlled through this conditioning, but also through the use of soma. Soma is used to keep people happy and alter …show more content…
The quote “erotic play between children had been regarded as abnormal (there was a roar of laughter)”(21) shows that the current society sees this erotic play between children and even between multiple people as normal and encourages it. If one is not intimate with many different people they are look as abnormal and can possibly be sent away which further shows the change in morals. To even want a relationship is seen as odd because of how the society sees everyone belonging to every one else. Huxley sees a change in his society’s morals and exaggerated them in his book several different ways such as the censoring of the word mom, the erotic play of children, and the production of humans. Huxley not only uses these to show a change in morals for the book but to also support how he sees his own society’s morals changing. Through the use of concrete diction, figurative language, and imagery Huxley gives a very detailed description of a highly technologically advanced world with a highly controlling government with very different morals. Huxley exaggerates what he sees in his current society and politics to show the decaying of them to people. He does this not only to show what is currently happening but what may happen as politics and society continue to
Their motto “World State’s motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY”(1) is what they wish to accomplish by controlling the people in this society. From the moment a person is made they predestined to do only what will benefit society. They are conditioned from the moment they are made so they can be easily controlled. People are not only controlled through this conditioning, but also through the use of soma. Soma is used to keep people happy and alter …show more content…
The quote “erotic play between children had been regarded as abnormal (there was a roar of laughter)”(21) shows that the current society sees this erotic play between children and even between multiple people as normal and encourages it. If one is not intimate with many different people they are look as abnormal and can possibly be sent away which further shows the change in morals. To even want a relationship is seen as odd because of how the society sees everyone belonging to every one else. Huxley sees a change in his society’s morals and exaggerated them in his book several different ways such as the censoring of the word mom, the erotic play of children, and the production of humans. Huxley not only uses these to show a change in morals for the book but to also support how he sees his own society’s morals changing. Through the use of concrete diction, figurative language, and imagery Huxley gives a very detailed description of a highly technologically advanced world with a highly controlling government with very different morals. Huxley exaggerates what he sees in his current society and politics to show the decaying of them to people. He does this not only to show what is currently happening but what may happen as politics and society continue to