brave new world novel (symbolism)
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Group 1
•Huma
Hafeez
•Huma Aslam
•Kinza
Ghafoor
•Sumaira
Bibi
International Islamic university , Islamabad
Aldous
Huxley
Portrayal of Utopian world set in the future …
Title of novel
Title has its own significance
It is taken from a line in
William Shakespeare’s play
The Tempest
“ how beauteous mankind is! Oh
brave new world that has such
people in it!”
The title is also used to symbolize imagined
worlds that might be desirable but are also
perhaps unrealistic…..
Symbols in brave new world
•Latin word
•Means sleep
•Symbolizes escape “harsh facts of reality”
•Symbolizes “powerful influence of
science and technology”
•Represents religion in a kind
of “sacram
ent”.
•Use of tablet ….
Henry T. Ford symbolizes
SYMBOLIZES GOD OR
CHRIST ...
PUMP OUT PEOPLE
CONDITIONED TO FIT
SPECIFIC JOB AND
CASTE !
CASTE SYSTEM
• TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS RESULTS
This society is named by Neil Postman
as a “Technopoly”
Supremacy of science and
technology !
TECHNOLOGY AS
REPLACEMENT OF FAMILY AND
LOVE ……… FOCUSES AROUND INDUSTRY ,ECONO
MY AND TECHNOLOGIC GROWTH ……
Pneumatic symbolizes
•Lenina’s body
structure
•Sexual
attractiveness
•Pleasure and
materialism
•Physical
characteristics of a
woman
Represents
the
continuation
of human
generation
•Lenina intends to seduce John• Conflict between John’s desire for love Lenina’s desire for sex illustrates….
Shakespeare’s plays
EMOTIONS
LOVE
FEELINGS
PASSION
CIVILIZED
UNCIVILIZED
Music has a
momentous effect in
the novel as it
works
as a rhythmic driv
e
which motiv
ates the
individuals to get
indulged in sensual
pleasure which starts
with a rit
ual of “
Orgy
-
Porgy
”
“Orgy’ refers to a wild
party characterized by
excessive drinking and
indiscriminate sexual
activity…..
Orgy-porgy…’ In their blood-coloured and foetal darkness the dancers
continued for a while to circulate, to
beat and beat out the indefatigable rhythm. 'Orgy-porgy…”
Zippers symbolizes
•Easy access for in
stant
Gratificatio
n of sensual
pleasure like butto
ns on clothes
…..
•Helps saving time !
Helps the awkwardness o
f
sex with the repetitive,
rhythmic almost musical
sound of the zippers …
…
Animal imagery
Symbolizes the degeneration of
humanity
“The curiosity of animals” John suicide …..is to
establish his identity as HUMAN BEING……
Separation between the
Civilized and Uncivilized world…
Symbolizes
A world of people subservient to their every desire and impulse……
Weathe
r Uncontrollable
Bottle
symboliz
es CONDITIONIN
G
AND SOCIAL
PRE-
DESTINATIO
N!!
ARTIFICIA
LLY
BORN HUMAN…
..
HATCHED IN
BOTTLE
S BY T
HE
BoKANoVSKY
PROCESS
ANY QUESTIONS …
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U R WELC
OME TO ASK !!!
BYE BYEE !!!!!