A Brave New World Quote Analysis

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Aldous Huxley utilises a variety of conventions of speculative fiction in Brave New World to provoke a response within the audience by incorporating them into the text along with his complex and descriptive style of writing. This is to make the audience react in different ways and think of certain ideas or messages as the story goes on. Huxley uses a variety of themes of speculative fiction to evoke a reaction within the viewers as they give them an overview of how the story will play out. The theme of technology and control makes the audience feel worried as having control over advanced and powerful technologies such as Bokanovsky's Process and special conditioning can be especially dangerous. In the quote, the Director suggests, "Community, Identity, Stability. Grand words. If we could bokanovskify indefinitely, the whole problem would be solved.", Huxley shows that Bokanovsky's Process is being planned to be used as a tool for control. The theme of dystopia and totalitarianism makes the viewers feel merciful for the society in Brave New World as they are being manipulated by an all-powerful dictatorship. In the quote, Mund claims, "A really efficient totalitarian …show more content…

The audience will be able to empathise with them through their personality, goals and their perspective on society itself. In the quote where Mond describes, "Mother, monogamy, romance. High spurts the fountain; fierce and foamy the wild jet. The urge has but a single outlet. My love, my baby. No wonder those poor pre-moderns were mad and wicked and miserable. Their world didn't allow them to take things easily, didn't allow them to be sane, virtuous, happy", he explains that intense emotions make it impossible for people to be happy, however, Mond's language suggests that he notices beyond this philosophy, showing his attraction towards the power of intense