Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Journal #2: Brave New World

The farther into the book I get, the more I notice things like Shakespeare. John has the complete collection of Shakespeare and uses the stories to explain things he finds in his life in the book. Shakespeare is not a big part of the book but as the story grows, John turns to it more and more.

The setting in this part of the book is very different from the first part. The book moves from the world state to the Reservation where the "savages" live. This change in setting also highlights the differences in our society that the savages live in and the "World State." The savage society has all the things that are important to us now that the world state had to give up to be a "utopia."

The Language Huxley uses in this part is important to understand the savages John and Linda. The flashbacks are used to explain their history so it is easier to understand where John comes from when he wants to go to the World State. This Language along with the use of Shakespeare by John make the differences of John, the reservation, and the World State more obvious.

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