Huxley uses the Greek alphabet to name the castes of people in Brave New World.
Caste and Color
alpha = grey
beta = mulberry
gamma = green
delta = khaki
epsilon = black
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- Jackie
- Since I began my tenure teaching high school English in 1998, I have taught British Literature, Composition II, Journalism, Creative Writing, English 10 and World Literature. I enjoy reading my favorite magazines, Newsweek , People and National Geographic, doing crossword and Sudoku puzzles, and settling down with a good book in front of the fireplace. My husband Mike is a criminal defense attorney, and we have two children, Joe, a recent college graduate, and Sarah, a junior high student.
2 comments:
I think that this book goes too far when it comes to predicting the future. I dont believe mankind could ever reach a point in existance where this type of life would ever be possible. Just the idea of separate castes created and manufactured to create a model society is horrible. There may be some people today who see this as a stong possibility and even see some good in it, but tthat is only a fraction of the population and their vision will never come true.
I don't think that Huxley actually thought that such a society could be possible, either. What most books of this nature are intended to do is put forth warnings about trends in society, usually done so via presenting the absolute extreme to which it could be taken. For example, in Starship Troopers, we see a society that is lead entierely by the military. (That is, only after serving in the military, are you allowed to vote, hold public office, become a public servant, become a teacher, etc.) Robert Heinlin never actually thought that this society would come to pass, he just saw it as an extremely unlikely product of over-militarization.
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