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Repetitive

The character’s constant use repetitive syntax underlines the conformative values of the futuristic society.

“the Greater Being comes!” pg. 82

“Oh, Ford, Ford, Ford.” pg. 83

“odd, odd, odd” pg. 87

Emphasizes the opinion of the person

Pensive

Huxley’s use of  pensive syntax contrasts and highlights the general foregoal of individual thought in their society.

"'absolute savages... our inspectors occasionally visit... otherwise no communication whatever with the civilized world...'" pg. 103

Shows character's thought

Telegraphic/Simple

The simplicity of the dialogue between characters reveals the social class structure and which one a character falls into.

“‘I can’t help it.’ ‘Take soma, then’ ‘I do.’” pg. 186

“Every one works for every one else. We can’t do without any one.” pg. 74

Every person talks in simple sentences

Telegraphic sentences used in dialogue

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Declarative Diction:

“History is Bunk”

Repetition of “Whisk”

disregard for the past

Isolated Diction:

“If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.”

The contrast between World State and Savage State beliefs and values

Expository Diction:

“being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesque of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt”

instant gratification in the World State

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Happiness is ensured to all citizens in order to maintain stability.

Individual's wants are met in order to provide them with a superficial happiness.

Prevents them from having new thoughts or being passionate about something.

“That’s the price we have to pay for stability. You’ve got to choose between happiness and high art.” (Page 220)

The risks of a government that controls all aspects of life.

Technology is utilized to control genetics in order to form the caste system.

Hypnopedia is used in order to program individuals.

Soma is used for when sadness does occur.

" In brief, hypnopedia. "The greatest moralizing and socializing force of all time."" (Page 28)

Individuality is prohibited in order to prevent instability.

World State correlates individuality with unhappiness and instability since it ruins their "perfect" society.

Citizens see themselves as part of the community as a whole and not as individuals.

"But every one belongs to every one else" (Page 40)

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Cynical

1. Juxtaposes happy things with depression diction

1. “Darkness of closed eyes on a  summer’s afternoon”

2. “Unescapable social destiny”

3. “Suffocating intimacies”

Ironic

1. Disconnect between the readers and the characters

1. “And do you know what a ‘home’ was?” “They shook their heads.”

2. “Everyone belongs to everyone else”

2. The audience has an opposite reaction to the characters’ beliefs

3. Readers pity the characters- raising a question of the realness of World State

1. Empathetic

1. John tries to resist human impulses- his suicide is understandable

2. Audience feels bad, as john is the only one who is actually civilized

3. Audience understands john’s conflicting feelings

1. Choosing between two worlds

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Ford

Religion replaced with technology

"Oh my Ford”

Ford created the assembly line, which is now used to create human beings

Soma

Encouraged by the government

Inhibits critical thinking and facing emotions

Easy distraction from the realities of life

"And do remember,her that a gramme is better than a damn.” (Page 61)

Sex

No commitment to one person

No strong emotional bonds

Sex for pleasure not for reproduction

John desires love from Lenina, but Lenina wants sex from John

Difference in values

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London:

Highly developed city

Technology based community (innovation by genetic engineering)

Caste system emphasizing unity and sameness (within caste level)

Everyone belongs to everyone and everyone gets what they want

Busy – constantly working

New Mexico

Savage reservation (Malpais)

Technology (using natural resources)

Individualistic community

Seen as uncivilized

Lighthouse (Symbol)

In an isolated area, but still open to society

Just outside of London

highlights that he is still connected through his Linda 's death and Lenina

"The woods, the open stretches of heather and yellow gorse..." (pg. 245)

"accustomed to the aridities of the American desert" (pg. 245)

rural

"ferro-concrete and in excellent condition" (pg. 243)

"almost too civilizedly luxurious" (pg. 244)

symbolizes his search for clarity and wisdom after being defiled with the experience of the new world

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Animal Imagery:

visual imagery

"Straight from the horse's mouth into the notebook." (pg. 4)

"They're done for ... google-eyed and swine-snouted in their gas-masks, in ran the police." (pg. 214)

auditory imagery

"The roses were in bloom, two nightingales soliloquized in the boskage, a cuckoo was just going out of tune among the lime trees." (pg. 30)

"High, low, from a multitude of separate throats, only two voices squeaked or growled." (pg.  208)

"That evening the swarm of helicopters that came buzzing across the Hog's Back was a dark cloud ten kilometers long." (pg. 259)

gustatory imagery

"Maggots again, but larger, full grown, they now crawled across his grief and his repentance." (pg. 209)

"With the cautious tenderness of one who strokes a notoriously vicious animal, he patted the Savage's arm." (pg. 210)

Deep personalization of humanity

You don't have a soul, you have a role.

Bleak, Sterile Imagery: The bleak, sterile imagery is indicative of the soulless life that is the new way

"...but finding only the glass and nickel and bleakly shining porcelain of a laboratory." (pg. 3)

"A squat grey building..." (pg. 3)