In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, names serve as an important characterization tool, giving further insight into the novel. Names such as the Bokanovsky’s Process, Ford, and Bernard Marx, show the values and reasons for efficiency and stability in the society of Brave New World. Huxley’s apt use of allusion to modern leaders, ideas, and industry enhances understanding of the story.
Bokanovsky’s Process is a way to create “standard men and women; in uniform batches”, used as a “major instrument of social stability”. Huxley used the name “Bokanovsky” as a reference to Maurice Bokanovsky, a French bureaucrat who believed government should be more efficient. In addition, with the power to control the population of the world, the government can ensure social stability. With stability comes efficiency – by creating many men and women who are the same, society becomes efficient because everyone thinks in the same way. When people are identical, they will respond in identical ways, reducing conflict, thus making society more efficient and stable.
Another reference to efficiency is to Henry Ford, an American industrialist, the …show more content…
Shaw was a socialist and advocated for equal rights for women. This gives insight and foreshadows the type of character Bernard Marx is, one that, possibly, opposes the values of the society in Brave New World. As such, the reader may infer that Bernard Marx might topple, or do something to topple the strict stability of society. Furthermore, Karl Marx is the “father of Communism” – he believed in that the lower classes would rise and overturn the upper classes. This is an evident reference to the caste system of Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons, and by referencing Marx, Huxley foreshadows that something might come to disturb this system, thus disturbing the stability of
Bokanovsky’s Process is a way to create “standard men and women; in uniform batches”, used as a “major instrument of social stability”. Huxley used the name “Bokanovsky” as a reference to Maurice Bokanovsky, a French bureaucrat who believed government should be more efficient. In addition, with the power to control the population of the world, the government can ensure social stability. With stability comes efficiency – by creating many men and women who are the same, society becomes efficient because everyone thinks in the same way. When people are identical, they will respond in identical ways, reducing conflict, thus making society more efficient and stable.
Another reference to efficiency is to Henry Ford, an American industrialist, the …show more content…
Shaw was a socialist and advocated for equal rights for women. This gives insight and foreshadows the type of character Bernard Marx is, one that, possibly, opposes the values of the society in Brave New World. As such, the reader may infer that Bernard Marx might topple, or do something to topple the strict stability of society. Furthermore, Karl Marx is the “father of Communism” – he believed in that the lower classes would rise and overturn the upper classes. This is an evident reference to the caste system of Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons, and by referencing Marx, Huxley foreshadows that something might come to disturb this system, thus disturbing the stability of