Thesis 10x

Structure: Huxley uses the constant shifting of focus from Bernard, John, and Lenina to highlight the contrasting perspectives on the same society, showing that a person's needs dictate their ideal society, making it impossible to create one system that appeals to everyone.



Evidence:Since John was raised with a sense of moral codes and an aversion to self-indulgence, he views the society as evil and hollow. He finds value not in objects or happiness, but in religion and emotions and suffering, which he finds gives growth as a human. Lenina enjoys happiness so the socitey suits her fine, but Bernard too wants to have feelings of intimacy and love so he finds himself out of place and lonely in it.



Motifs: The motif of soma within the society is employed by Huxley to represent the removal of conflict and emotion, in order to show how a system based on Stalinism is cold, emotionless, and industrial-minded.



Evidence: Soma makes it so that whenever a citizen is upset, they are administered soma and they are calm and happy. It also makes people somewhat mindless, constantly on a high. In Stalin's society the people were like machines, used to improve the economy and to modernize the country. There are constanly situations when emotions get in the way of people acting like they are supposed to, like when Bernard is upset when the Arch-Songster takes Lenina away to be alone, in these instances the soma is taken instead of action and the problem is removed. This conflicts with the human nature of passion and conflict created by love that are often used by Shakespeare, who is referenced in the book.



Symbols: The use of a hierarchy in which there are varying degrees of humans is symbolic of Hitler's view that there are varying degrees of humans in which some are superior to others, Huxley's makes a statement on how those who are not free to pursue every opportunity in their society aren't free, even if they don't even desire the choice.

Evidence: In Brave New World, the Epsilons can never receive higher level jobs because they are too intellectually stunted. Conditioning prevents them from desiring these jobs but the fact that they can't choose opposes the principles of nations like America in which every citizen may work hard to get any job they want. John is Huxley's point of view in the novel, and when he sees the Epsilons working like mindless abominations, he is repulsed. They are the "untouchables" of India's old culture, who were considered creatures and less like people and took the lesser jobs.

Patterns: Huxley creates a pattern of sexual freedom within the society to show how it is wrong to sacrifice current morals in the pursuit of total happiness, arguing the benefits of struggle and pain to create a individual.

Evidence: John the Savage is Huxley's vieew on this society, as it is the outside perspective. In it he is repulsed by the sexual freedom and belives in monogamy. Also in the end of the novel he beats himself and denies himself from the pleasures of the society, because he understands the struggles make him an individual and seperate, defining him. Everyone in the society are all the same, except for division among the classes. They share the same people all around so there is no special relationships, and follow a uniform lifestyle so there is no freedom. The strife in John's life caused him to find a love of Shakespeare, not being an Alpha in some society.