"But everyone belongs to everyone else" Mustapha Mond Pg 40
"Ending is better than mending. The more stitches, the less riches..." Pg 49
"And do remember that a gramme is better than a damn." Henry Foster Pg 55
"Never put off till to-morrow the fun you can have today." Lenina Pg 93
"When the individual feels, the community reels." Lenina Pg 94
"But cleanliness is next to fordliness.... yes and civilization is sterilization" Lenina and Bernard Pg 110
All throughout the book multiple characters almost mindlessly repeat these little words of wisdom that have been drilled into their brains through sleep conditioning. They are often triggered by certain words or actions made by other characters. There are times when it seems that the character doesn't register the actual words they are saying, but rather like a recording that is being played. Huxley effectively uses these aphorisms to not only give the readers a glance into the values and morals of this futuristic world but also into just how deep their "training" has gone. It's almost as if they have been programmed like computers and the incorporation of these epigrams is a perfect example of how controlling this world has become even in the person's self conscience. Some of the aphorisms are fairly insignificant like the "ending is better than mending" one; others, however, are much more grave such as "when the individual feels, the community reels". It conveys the message that even when community leaders can't be there to enforce the rules of society, there will always be another person to speak up with the words of the government to keep its more unruly citizens in line. Huxley's maxims are effective in further continuing the idea of complete control of the mind and bodies of all the people of London.
Do we mindlessly repeat any aphorisms in 2011?
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