“Besides, even Epsilons perform indispensable services.”Īnalysis: The worth of individuals is defined by the state hence, the state wishes to eliminate anything that would supplant its position as supreme. Quote: “All men are physio-chemically equal,” said Henry sententiously. It’s apparent that John does not understand what a philosopher is and probably understands little of what he quotes. “A man who dreams of fewer things than there are in heaven and earth,” said the Savage promptly.Īnalysis: John’s overreliance on Shakespeare becomes comical at times. Quote: He was a philosopher, if you know what that was." Once he sees how mindless civilization is, he uses the phrase mockingly. Initially, O brave new world is uttered in anticipation of seeing civilization. They had mocked him through his misery and remorse, mocked him with how hideous a note of cynical derision!Īnalysis: John the Savage quotes from The Tempest. “O brave new world, O brave new world…” In his mind the singing words seemed to change their tone. It is clear that Lenina’s identity is intertwined with her sexual appeal, a stumbling block as she attempts to win John the Savage. The fact that she is commended for her behavior and is considered proper because of it differs largely from how society views female promiscuity today. She was a popular girl and, at one time or another, had spent a night with almost all of them.Īnalysis: Lenina’s popularity is a result of her physical appearance, not a far-fetched concept for today’s readers. Quote: The lift was crowded with men from the Alpha changing rooms, and Lenina’s entry was greeted by many friendly nods and smiles.
This is one of many examples that hint at the subjectivity of morality and the effects of social conditioning. The reader is shocked that patting girls on the behind in the workplace is the morally correct thing to do. The strictest conventionality.”Īnalysis: This is irony.
Quote: Nodding, “He patted me on the behind this afternoon,” said Lenina. Think about soma the next time you see a pharmaceutical commercial. Quote: And if ever, by some unlucky chance, anything unpleasant should somehow happen, why, there’s always soma to give you a holiday from the facts.Īnalysis: Drugs are used as an escape from reality, comparable to illegal drug use today, and an even largely correlatory relationship with the legal disbursement of drugs by psychiatrists and doctors. Modern married couples use sex to unite them in marriage much in the same way the World Government uses orgies to unite multiple individuals in Brave New World. The conditioning that everyone belongs to everyone else prevents the desire for individualism later in life.Īnalysis: Government uses sex as a unifying force. Every one works for every one else…Īnalysis: This scene near the beginning of the novel portrays the social conditioning that helps maintain social and economic stability. Quote: Every one works for every one else. Mond gives a history lesson of the wars and strife leading up to the formation of the World State and implementation of its systems.Use these quotes from Brave New World to enhance your understanding of the novel, contribute to class discussions, provide evidence for literary analysis, or impress the girl or guy you’ve been wanting to hook up with all semester. These roles and their necessity are decided by the ten “World Controllers” who run the world, one of whom, Mustapha Mond, we meet early in the novel. Alphas are at the top, followed by Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and finally Epsilons.
People in the World State are literally factory-made they are then brainwashed into relishing whatever lot in life they are assigned: one of five main castes determined largely by predestined and scientifically-controlled intelligence levels. The novel opens with a tour of the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, in which the Director explains the foundational ideas of society’s “stability,” which stems from the production-line uniformity of its citizens. Brave New World, a dystopian novel published in 1932, is perhaps Aldous Huxley’s most famous and enduring work, consistently ranked among the top-100 English-language novels by entities such as the Modern Library, BBC, and The Observer.
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