"Our Ford--or Our Freud, as, for some inscrutable reason, he chose to call himself whenver he spoke of psychologicl matters--Our Freud had been the first to reveal the appalling dangers of family life." -pg. 39
Here we have an allusion to the Austrian-born Sigmund Freud. Among many other things, Freud was known to have established sexual drives as the primary motivational force of human life. How perfect that the man who is the central inspiration for this utopia (a.k.a. Ford) was a master of psychology, a very important role in "prepping" these humans for society. Because Freud and his extraordinary contributions to science are world-renowned, this allusion persuades the audience to agree with Aldous Huxley's abnormal idea of a utopia and giving it more credibility (while implying that it is based on Freud's research).
The author also does this in order to strengthen his argument for a society against family: "the world was full of fathers--was therfore full of misery; full of mothers--therefore of every kind of perversion from sadism to chastityl full of brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts--full of madness and suicide."
No comments:
Post a Comment