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Dystopian novels tend to create themes about individualism, and three ways in which Brave New World and Blindness demonstrate this are: the use of metaphors and similes, the use of symbolism, and the gradual character development of the protagonists.

While there are many ways Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Blindness by Jose Marago interlock, both books express thoughts about individualism specifically. In Brave New World, the society seems to be uninterested in the members viewing and exploring their own individualism and self identity. “He woke once more to external reality, looked round him, knew what he saw—knew it, with a sinking sense of horror and disgust, for the recurrent delirium of his days and nights, the nightmare of swarming …show more content…

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“The greater a man’s talents, the greater his power to lead astray. It is better that one should suffer than that many should be corrupted. Consider the matter dispassionately, Mr. Foster, and you will see that no offense is so heinous as unorthodoxy of behavior.” (Brave New World, pg.94). In this quote “his power” is a symbol of Benard’s social class ranking. Earlier in the book, Bernard was expressing his need for individualism and the director put him in his place. The director expects Benard to use “his power” to express the ideologies of the society which are being one in the same. Brave New World uses symbolism to project the idea of the importance of individualism.

Symbolism is also used in Blindness. "Inside us there is something with no name, that something is what we are." (Blindness, pg.216). In this quote, the girl with the dark glasses uses an enigma to symbolize what humans are really like. In this context, this “something” is not good. She emphasizes that everyone has something different inside of them and it is all dark. This projects the idea of individualism because it shows that even though everyone has “something” inside them, it is all different and it represents who they are as a

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