Brave New World - What does the world of the novel look, feel, and sound like?

Justin Enriquez

Mr. Fernando 

British Lit. /Comp.            

30 March 2014

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In Brave New World, the setting is much different than what we are used to. Huxley conveys that the year is A.F. 632. The author creates an elaborate and intricate setting for his novel. He provides details about everything from technology to professions. Furthermore, he even provides us with a description of a building. The significance of this building comes with its description in that it is described as "only" 34 stories, showing us that this world is in a much more advanced time period. 

The feel of this novel is provided to us in how the author portrays this so called "Utopia". In essence, the more eye-catching the setting and the more transparent the picture, the more effective the novel.  Via elaborate detail, the author makes it that much easier for the reader in understanding the idea of a "World State" thus promoting the idea in a much more appealing manner. 

This novel sounds like a novel that involves a society that doesn't know they are controlled but can possibly soon find out and as a result rebel in an effort to gain the upper hand in this so called "World State". The citizens of this society are artificially made and therefore hold a predestined life. In short, these people are made in a test tube in an effort to make them belong to one of the five classes established in this "World State".