Nothing but concrete and glass: The Imagery of Brave New World

'A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and, in a shield, the World State's motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY.' Pg 3
I'm not going to lie the imagery in this book is hopelessly bleak, and done purposefully so. Through the scenery described in this book all I can picture is skyscraper after skyscraper, all made of the same materials and of the same design popping up all throughout London. Even in scenes that describe nature such as the lighthouse or the garden I get the same feeling of grey repetition. Also in the countless sets of twins roaming around the city, I get the complete and utter sense of uniformity and dullness. I also believe this is in ever way what Huxley hoped to depict. The book describes a society completely based on everyone and everything knowing its place and sticking to the pattern of life which was chosen for them at the beginning. So it only seems fitting that these people would live in a world as mundane and unoriginal as they are. Huxley was writing futuristically of course, and whenever anyone pictures progress they tend to think of shiny new sleek inventions and towering buildings. I also tend to think of this as a very sterile and cold atmosphere. Huxley perfectly created this in a way that is just vague enough for the reader to fill in the picture with their own thoughts and feelings but giving enough detail to guide them in the right direction. In a way what he has done with the imagery of this book is exactly what the predestinators do when creating each person. In their life they are free to make choices but they are always guided by what they were created for and in the end fit exactly with the intent of the maker. Also in the jungle scene the chaos of the scenery described perfectly matches the disarray of the people who inhabit it. All his descriptions are meant to match the characters and their feelings and mannerisms; and they do so to a model T. <---(my attempt at being clever)