Q. Please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you. Why is this passage meaningful? Please type it into one of your entries and comment on what you think about the passage.
A. I think that my favorite passage is this:
“O brave new world…” By some malice of his memory the Savage found himself repeating Miranda’s words. “O brave new world that has such people in it.”
-John the Savage in Brave New World
This quote is spoken by John the Savage which is in the original passage that John is amazed that there is such a place in the New Society. This is actually a part of the quote from The Tempest which John has read long ago.
“O, Wonder!How many goodly creatures are there here!How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,That has such people in't!”
-Miranda, from The Tempest by William Shakespeare, Act V, Scene I
This passage is meaningful to me because it shows John’s amazement over his time at the reservation. Also, he is interested to see all these factories and communities that he goes to see. He is amazed especially at their technology and knowledge with production. This passage also, shows that John was awed by the superficial condition of the New Society. The New Society was indeed a total utopia in John’s standards without germs, disease, and violence. John naively felt, without knowledge or understanding, as though the society built by mankind was indeed stunning.
In addition, this passage shows how mankind can be ignorant about “prosperity” which can be defined in many ways. The world built by humans was successful not because of their power and knowledge. But, it was with God’s help and the human ability to carry out the orders that made a society prosperous. Many people believe that they act by themselves but actually they are not because humans are not the reason of success, it is God.
Thirdly, this passage is meaningful and is the most likely the most significant passage in Brave New World. When Huxley is referring to the “brave new world” it is irony because the world that John sees is not brave at all. It is because people are pre-conditioned think that the new society is brave and an ultimate utopian society. However, the new society is not brave at all to us because the people are soul-less without the morals, values, and traditions.
A. I think that my favorite passage is this:
“O brave new world…” By some malice of his memory the Savage found himself repeating Miranda’s words. “O brave new world that has such people in it.”
-John the Savage in Brave New World
This quote is spoken by John the Savage which is in the original passage that John is amazed that there is such a place in the New Society. This is actually a part of the quote from The Tempest which John has read long ago.
“O, Wonder!How many goodly creatures are there here!How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,That has such people in't!”
-Miranda, from The Tempest by William Shakespeare, Act V, Scene I
This passage is meaningful to me because it shows John’s amazement over his time at the reservation. Also, he is interested to see all these factories and communities that he goes to see. He is amazed especially at their technology and knowledge with production. This passage also, shows that John was awed by the superficial condition of the New Society. The New Society was indeed a total utopia in John’s standards without germs, disease, and violence. John naively felt, without knowledge or understanding, as though the society built by mankind was indeed stunning.
In addition, this passage shows how mankind can be ignorant about “prosperity” which can be defined in many ways. The world built by humans was successful not because of their power and knowledge. But, it was with God’s help and the human ability to carry out the orders that made a society prosperous. Many people believe that they act by themselves but actually they are not because humans are not the reason of success, it is God.
Thirdly, this passage is meaningful and is the most likely the most significant passage in Brave New World. When Huxley is referring to the “brave new world” it is irony because the world that John sees is not brave at all. It is because people are pre-conditioned think that the new society is brave and an ultimate utopian society. However, the new society is not brave at all to us because the people are soul-less without the morals, values, and traditions.
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