Brave New World by Aldous Huxley: Section 2

Back in the Civilized World, there is a scene in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley where the D.H.C. is meeting with Henry Foster. These two men are walking through one of the many well organized buildings that the D.H.C. describes as, "'This hive of industry'" (Huxley, 146). Later the activity in this building is, "Buzz, buzz! the hive was humming, busily, joyfully" (Huxley, 147). Through the use of this metaphor and example of onomatopoeia, respectively, the reader can get a further understanding of the controlled routine. The activity is described as a busy business that is constantly at work. By comparing the industry to a hive at work, the speaker is showing that the routine is well organized. Like a bee hive, where there are prefect formed cells and each bee has its own specific job, the government has trained the population to work in a similar fashion. Each person learns their social job, and sticks comfortably to their task. These two literary techniques also continue the idea of comparing the people of this society to animals, or in this instance insects. The population has been conditioned to follow specific rules that were ingrained into them at a young age, almost like the instinct of a wild animal.