Brave New World: Aldous Huxley's Use Of Language

Aldous Huxley’s use of language was very vigorous and perplexing as he constructed the ideas of an individual. The connection between language and an individual told a lot about a person and what they thought of themselves. In Brave New World one could see how The Director was able to modify individuals genetically, physically, and psychologically because of their “inescapable social destinies”. Through out the novel different people showed unusual ways of dealing with sex and love. Sex and reproduction were organized by the World State, which also allowed the people of the reservation to generously decide what they want to do or not. When they’re born, they’re educated and trained in their sleep and with the use of electro shock therapy. Through this, the World State was able to ‘form’ sexual and reproductive habits. For example, the children played suggestive games in the hatchery and conditioning center. For them it was common that children do these things and have enjoyed doing them, "We had Elementary Sex for the first forty minutes," she answered. "But now it's switched over to Elementary Class Consciousness." (Huxley pg.27) When the people got older, sex became an act

Leninia Crowne is a good example because she may be named after the communist leader Lenin, and communism encourages conformity of the people. John Crowne was an author who specialized in passionate love. Lenina starts as a conformist and ends up falling in love with John. The way Huxley had the individual speak had so much power over emotion, thoughts, and opinions where as the World Controllers had over centimeters, days, and grams. Huxley knew his use of language was going to be difficult to comprehend, he even stated in his book, “Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”