How Does Huxley Use Satire In Brave New World

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Huxley depicts the ideology of this Utopian society through the use of unappealing imagery when describing the the truth. When John the Savage and Linda arrive in London, everybody is positively disgusted by Linda’s appearance. Huxley describes Linda as fat, blotched, bad teeth, and the opposite of youthful. The absolute revolution that is entirely based on Linda’s appearance defines the values of this society. She has aged normally, but in a society that avoids the truth, Linda makes them feel physically sick. The tragic world Huxley established avoids the truth to find “happiness” in stylized quality. In addition, Huxley used satire through exaggeration when people felt physically sick after seeing Linda. Although this humorous reaction

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