Brave New World #3 Journal

Shakespeare is weaved into John's dialogue. Where as before Lenina repeated hypnopaedia now Huxley is showing how John was conditioned by the only book he read. The conclusion of the book i realized is also influenced by his readings of Shakespeare. There is a lot of killing and suicide in Shakespeare when the truth becomes too unbearable. In the World State people would take soma to forget. Both extremes do not try and learn from their mistake they either take their life or just completely forget it. I think Shakespeare is very important because it first appears good and real in contrast with the World State, but at the end it is evident that Huxley is pointing out the dangers of any method conditioning.

The setting of the World State remains the same, but with John there is a juxtaposition of two ideals. The reservation and the World State. When he is crying over Linda's death it directly contrasts with the ways of the World State and becomes a problem. In the Controller's secret room it contains things that are common in our society. The conversation between the Controller and John is important especially in the setting. The room contains books and knowledge. In John's world this knowledge is free to attain but the Indian's are still very rural. In the technological World State it is banned to remain stability.

The language in the last third stays relatively the same. John's language contrasts with the rest of the World State because of the influence of Shakespeare. However, he realizes how Shakespeare has mocked him, "The singing words mocked him derisively. "How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world …" (Chp 15). John's language becomes more and more emotional as he desperately please the people around him to see his cause, that they are not free.The rest of the World State continue to use uniform and scientific dialogue such as "Ford helps those who help themselves." Huxley continues to use descriptions containing crimson, twilight, and pneumatic as a motif. Crimson and twilight create an red glow atmosphere that has connotations of blood and flesh. Pneumatic demonstrates the comfort the World State allows and how problems are lost in the comfy airy chairs.