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Brave New World Author Born Family Life Writing Style Writing Focus

Brave New World Author Born Family Life Writing Style Writing Focus. Aldous Huxley 1894 Came from a family with both a literary and scientific background Combined thoughts on the morality and nature of man with scientific findings and predictions

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Brave New World Author Born Family Life Writing Style Writing Focus

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  1. Brave New World Author Born Family Life Writing Style Writing Focus Aldous Huxley 1894 Came from a family with both a literary and scientific background Combined thoughts on the morality and nature of man with scientific findings and predictions Focused many of his works on the conflicts between the individual and society

  2. Brave New World Huxley’s Influence Writings became especially popular during the 1960s His works often featured the use of various drugs, which he experiments with as well in his lifetime His work The Doors of Perception was the inspiration for Jim Morrison to name his band The Doors.

  3. Literary Focus Publication Genre Setting (time) 1932 Dystopian Future 2450 A.D Set 632 “After Ford” Meaning after the invention of the Model “T” This is symbolic of the societal shift in thinking—time is referenced in terms of a technological breakthrough versus a religious landmark

  4. Literary Focus Setting (place) England and a place referred to as the “Savage Reservation” England is known as “the brave new world” The “Savage Reservation” is where people still feel emotions like love and grow old

  5. Literary Focus Point of View Omniscient Third Person The unique thing about the narration is that it is used through the perspective of various characters This allows the reader to see inside the minds of people who belong to the different castes in the society

  6. Literary Focus Dystopia A “Brave New World” predicts a future where people don’t have serious relationships, where they don’t have opinions and are classified from birth into a caste People sleep carelessly with many different partners People are filed into five castes: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, or Epsilon

  7. Literary Focus Themes and Conflicts Technology and Its Ability to Manipulate Control versus Emotion Religion versus Technology Free-Will versus Stability Fantasy versus Reality Science versus Technology Corruptive Nature of Power

  8. Literary Focus Satire By making the Dystopia of the “Brave New World” so extreme, it is easy for readers to see the ridiculousness of the society Some examples of the over-the-top nature of the novel Frivolous sexual encounters Reverence for Henry Ford Humiliation of over having a child

  9. Literary Focus Symbols Soma Savage Reservation The government uses a drug called Soma to symbolize the control and power of the government over the people Representative of the old ways—the ways when humans felt emotion and love

  10. A Brave New World Overview Huxley offers a fictional future in which man’s free will, ability to love and ability to be an individual has been marginalized at the expense of the stability of society Huxley’s work, in essence, forecasted many of the world’s future conflicts such as Hitler’s rise to power, World War II and the Cold War

  11. Overview Humans living in “a brave new world” are filed into five different castes. The Highest caste is for the leaders and thinkers The lowest caste is for those who will perform menial labor

  12. Overview The State, in order to bring stability, has attempted to eliminate human emotion, human desires and human relationships The State’s strict control is shown in sharp contrast with the religion, aging and strong emotions seen on the “Savage Reservation”

  13. Overview When an outsider from the “Savage Reservation” is brought back to the “brave new world” he is met with awe and curiosity This outsider named John rebels against the controlling government and leads a riot The ultimate questions arises: It life worth living when a human is deprived all feeling of exploration, wonder and love?

  14. Characters John Grew up outside of the confines of the “brave new world” Grew up in the “Savage Reservation” John’s new ideas about relationships, love and individuality challenge the system of the State

  15. Characters Bernard Marx Part of Alpha Caste Has unusual views and combined with his unusually short height is somewhat of an outcast Bernard takes advantage of his relationship with John

  16. Characters Mustapha Mond One of only 10 World Controllers In charge of censoring scientific discoveries and exiling people who have beliefs that go against the State Despite his job, Mond himself was a prolific scientist and an avid reader

  17. Characters Hemholtz Watson Friend of Bernard’s He questions the State on a far deeper and more intellectual level than Bernard By the end of the novel Bernard is ready to leave the restrictive boundaries of the State

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