Dialectical
Journal #7
At home was
as squalid psychically…..you may well shudder. (Pg. 37 & 38)
This
illustrates the animal imagery that runs throughout the book. The people have
been dehumanized, and no longer have physical contact with their parents. They
shutter at the thought of breastfeeding, and think it shows animal-like
tendencies, when in actuality, the people have become more primitive than these
animals.
Dialectical
Journal #8
“Swallowing
half an hour…..and inevitable as blinking.” (Pg. 77)
Huxley
compares Henry’s and Lenina's actions to a bottle. The bottle is referring to
their soma-induced state of being, which comes from the bottle containing soma
and referring the effects of drinking alcohol. The drug impairs their thinking
and actions except for those things that the government has brainwashed them
into remembering. This is so ingrained in their brains it is compared to
blinking, which is done automatically by the body.
People have been dehumanized - and thus all the animal imagery!!!! Great job in this connection.
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