In the novel “Brave New World” written by Aldous Huxley, there are many political and social issues that are addressed. The reason that these issues occur in the novel is because Huxley wants to demonstrate how society in the 1930’s is flawed and corrupt. He uses satire to illustrate what society is doing wrong and relates the novel to the real world. In the novel, there are many topics that Huxley covers through the use of irony, motif, and allusion. These topics include moral and cultural decay, relationships, drug dependency, and brainwashing.
People within this society don’t develop relationships with other people and therefore have no reason to care about the well-being of others. One example of carelessness for others is when the Director …show more content…
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Huxley establishes the concept of brainwashing throughout the novel through the use of motif. The theme of brainwashing constantly shows up throughout the story with the consumption of “soma” and the use of hypnopaedia in infants. “Soma” is a type of medicine that controls the person's emotions and behavior, and is often used as an escape from society when a person is too stressed. At one point in the novel, chapter 9, Lenina consistently takes soma and eventually enters “soma-holiday” which basically means that she has overdosed. This event is an allusion to the regular use of drugs in the 1930’s society. Another example of brainwashing in this novel is the constant reference to quotes and nursery rhymes and hypnopaedia that they were forced to listened to as children. The main characters throughout the novel, mostly Lenina, consistently cite nursery rhymes that relate to the current situation with the intent of solving the situation. For example, when Bernard starts acting up in chapter 6, Lenina says “a gramme in time saves nine” in order to encourage Bernard to take a soma pill. In chapter 5 there is
People within this society don’t develop relationships with other people and therefore have no reason to care about the well-being of others. One example of carelessness for others is when the Director …show more content…
McWane 3
Huxley establishes the concept of brainwashing throughout the novel through the use of motif. The theme of brainwashing constantly shows up throughout the story with the consumption of “soma” and the use of hypnopaedia in infants. “Soma” is a type of medicine that controls the person's emotions and behavior, and is often used as an escape from society when a person is too stressed. At one point in the novel, chapter 9, Lenina consistently takes soma and eventually enters “soma-holiday” which basically means that she has overdosed. This event is an allusion to the regular use of drugs in the 1930’s society. Another example of brainwashing in this novel is the constant reference to quotes and nursery rhymes and hypnopaedia that they were forced to listened to as children. The main characters throughout the novel, mostly Lenina, consistently cite nursery rhymes that relate to the current situation with the intent of solving the situation. For example, when Bernard starts acting up in chapter 6, Lenina says “a gramme in time saves nine” in order to encourage Bernard to take a soma pill. In chapter 5 there is