Monday, April 9, 2012

Journal #3: Brave New World

By the end of the book there is a lot of criticism of The World State by John the Savage. He continues to bring up the absence of natural things like Religion, love, fear, emotions, art, etc. The criticisms highlight the  things that were abolished to make a perfect world. Art is a big thing in the savage land and there is no need for it in the world state because the only emotions they should feel is happiness and complex art will alter those mindsets.

The setting in the ending of the book is in the World State but it now has a different feeling to it. Now that John is in the World State and all of these criticisms are brought present, it feels like a different place. The contrast of this perfect world and the savage world  make a different mood of the story although it is still the same place.

The language in the last part of the book is similar to the first part while John still talks with an influence of shakespeare and the diction is still similar as it is throughout the book. But near the end when John kills himself, the language is used to highlight the fear and confusion of civilians in the World State and ends the book with them running in different directions because of their confusion.

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