Jasper Ou Ms. McGinn AP Language and Composition 25 September 2017 Brave New World: Journals Chapter 3: When reading this chapter, I realized that it was much longer that the rest of the chapters. While I personally did not enjoy the long read, I did, however, find it intriguing how Huxley was able to execute a complex and hard skill which was shifting back and forth between three scenarios: Mond talking to the children, Henry talking to the Predistinator, and Lenina talking to Fanny Crowne. I was unsure what Huxley’s intentions were, but after some time thinking I realized that it was an effective way to set up the setting for the rest of the novel, as Huxley would reference the subtle themes presented in each scenario. Additionally, I also …show more content…
First, the Brave New World, or World State reasoning for banning Shakespeare literature and the bible, according to Mustapha Mond, is because it doesn’t generate a positive impact on consumerism because it is old. Another subtle reference that modernity is not a good thing. Second, I realized that the explanations for banning certain areas was late in the novel. I am still curious as to why Huxley made this decision. As a reader I discovered that I like most of the important information at the beginning because it will sit with me throughout the novel. To me, it seems most logical to put all of this information at the beginning because it would make a bit more sense (to me at least). Also worth noting, it that the materials that the World State bans, I have enjoyed in my everyday life. Things like reading, and science are all things I could not imagine living without and banning those things surely appealed to my aesthetic senses. These explanations now set a definitive image that the World State is another world where an authoritarian-like government …show more content…
Huxley shifts away from the main narrative and into a general and abstract theme. I found it very difficult to comprehend what Huxley was writing, and so I had to go back reread a couple of times. Interestingly, this chapter appealed to my aesthetic sense because Mustapha Mond explains to John that he gave up science and art for happiness. I, personally, would never sacrifice science, or rather anything, in order to be happy. Huxley’s novel has made me realize that what I have is important and should not be taken for granted. Furthermore, I found it humorous that Mustapha Mond knows a lot about religion and has a developed a well-thought opinion about God. This is because Mustapha Mond is someone who ranks highly in the World State and it is situationally ironic that someone who is so established in society would keep books forbidden books, like the bible, in a