Should the government be in total control? In the novel Brave New World, author Aldous Huxley uses many literary devices to form the anti-utopian society of this book. The devices that Huxley uses reveal major political and social problems in the BNW society. The characters in this book are ruled under a totalitarian government that controls everything that its citizens do. In the 1930’s, the world was on the brink of World War II. Most of this book could relate to WWII Germany because of Hitler running everything. Knowing this, Huxley uses imagery, symbolism, and allegory to show the anti-utopian society of Brave New World. A major problem in Brave New World is the implementation of thought control or conditioning as Huxley calls in in the novel. Huxley uses imagery throughout this novel. In the second chapter, Huxley explains how babies are conditioned to dislike
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One that sticks out in particular is the electric fence that surrounds the savage reservation. This fence represents a barrier, both physical and mental for both the civilized and the savage. The physical is just an ordinary electric fence. Mentally, the fence represents how both groups of people are in a figurative box. The civilized people don’t understand the way of life for the savages. Same goes for the savages not knowing the way of life of the civilized. It serves as a barrier of knowledge. This can relate to many instances from the 30’s. The Germans had the mindset that they were the alpha race. The Americans really only knew what was going on in their country. They were only focused on America and the depression. Huxley also throws in a conditioning reference. The fence is surrounded by animal carcasses. The pilot says, “They never learn. And they never will learn.” (105) He is saying that seeing other animals dying from the fence doesn’t deter animals from jumping to the fence as well. This says that animals can’t be conditioned like humans
One that sticks out in particular is the electric fence that surrounds the savage reservation. This fence represents a barrier, both physical and mental for both the civilized and the savage. The physical is just an ordinary electric fence. Mentally, the fence represents how both groups of people are in a figurative box. The civilized people don’t understand the way of life for the savages. Same goes for the savages not knowing the way of life of the civilized. It serves as a barrier of knowledge. This can relate to many instances from the 30’s. The Germans had the mindset that they were the alpha race. The Americans really only knew what was going on in their country. They were only focused on America and the depression. Huxley also throws in a conditioning reference. The fence is surrounded by animal carcasses. The pilot says, “They never learn. And they never will learn.” (105) He is saying that seeing other animals dying from the fence doesn’t deter animals from jumping to the fence as well. This says that animals can’t be conditioned like humans