Brave New World

Novel | Aldous Huxley

Brave New World Literary Device

Symbols:

  • Soma: A drug that keeps people happy and controlled.
  • The Hatchery: A place where people are made, showing control over life.
  • The Electric Fence: Separates the controlled world from the free, natural world.
  • Shakespeare's Works: Show real feelings and individuality, which the World State lacks.
  • Ford and the T-Model: stand for machines, mass production, and no individuality.
  • The Feelies: Movies that keep people busy and stop them from thinking.
  • The Conditioning: Controls people’s thoughts and actions from birth.
 

Figures of Speech:

  • Imagery: Imagery means using words to create pictures in the reader’s mind. Huxley uses it to show the clean, controlled World State and the wild Savage Reservation.
  • Symbolism: Symbols are things that stand for bigger ideas. In Brave New World, Soma shows control and escape from real life, and conditioning shows how society takes away individuality.
 

Moral Lesson: 

  • True happiness needs freedom and individuality.

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