Aldous Huxley. Brave New World

1. Brave New World

Brave New World
ALDOUS HUXLEY

2. Title, author, genre

BRAVE NEW WORLD IS A DYSTOPIAN NOVEL BY
ENGLISH AUTHOR ALDOUS HUXLEY PUBLISHED IN
1932.

3. Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley was born in Surrey,
Southern England, in 1894.
In 1915 he went to Oxford.
Then when World War I broke out he
was declared unfit for military.
In 1932 he wrote his most famous
work "Brave New World".
In 1937 he moved to California and
in 1963 he died in America.

4.

Society is divided into 5 castes: Alphas (most intelligent), Betas, Gammas,
Deltas and Epsilons (bred to do the dirty jobs nobody wants to do).

5. Characters

Bernard Marx, Alpha –
psychologist. He dates Lenina
for a short time.
Lenina Crowne, Beta –
vaccination-worker; an object
of desire for a number of major
characters.

6.

Helmholtz Watson, Alpha-Plus –
lecturer at the College of Emotional
Engineering, friend of Bernard Marx
and John the Savage.
John the Savage - one of the main
protagonists in the story.

7. Themes 

Themes
Science
Society&Class
Abolishment of family unit
No history

8. Author's language/style

Superlative form
Past tenses
The description of
the simple details in
a very
detailed and
complex way
A lot of references
to Shakespeare

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