![]() ![]() ![]() The juxtaposition between our idea of childbirth as a beautiful thing and a scientific process of the World State highlights the lack of emotion and nurturement in the World State. Huxleys’ scientific wording shows the reader the precision of the World State, the lack of emotion in a process that is very emotional for us. This quote is coming from the director explaining the process to make a human being in the world state. Making ninety-six human being grow where only one grew before. From eight to ninety-six buds, and every bud will grow into a perfectly formed embryo, and every embryo into a full-sized adult. But a bokanovskified egg will bud, will proliferate, will divide. “One egg, one embryo, one adult-normality. Huxley’s unique animalistic word choice in many parts of the novel are used to show the animalistic behavior of selfish, careless humans. ![]() Consumed by the power of soma, the world state is an emotionless place that dehumanizes its people by not getting to know them. Not only does this show the lack of human connection within the world state but it also shows the lack of awareness. After having such detail in describing the director, the narrator was not able to tell if he was thirty of fifty, a major age difference. The brief, remark of not knowing leaves the readers almost humored. Huxley then goes on to ask the rhetorical questions of how old the director was. The description of the director is very specific, in great detail. Huxley relies heavily upon animalistic features when describing his characters. ![]()
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