Savages In Brave New World

The metaphor in this quote is used to view the characters as being monsters and unusual creatures. In this quotation, presented in the book Brave New World, the dancers are described as being a ghastly troop of monsters. They are viewed as being more inhumane rather than humane because of the way they are acting; the movement of their bodies and the masks they wear on their face. The use of the metaphor focuses more on the monster-like qualities, rather than the human qualities to help emphasize the way the characters are acting comparing them to monsters without using the terms “like” or “as”. This is interesting because to me, the “Savages” are considered the normal people, but to the people from the World State, they are labeled as “Savages”

and are not accepted into the World State. I find the citizens of the World State to act more like monsters. I feel that there is some irony here because of how the World State people view the savages; they don’t accept Savages because they don’t follow the “norms” when really they still feel the emotions of pain and suffering, and still believe in very "human" things like love and nature. Ironically, those who are referred to as “Savages” in the story aren’t really savages because they have acquired a level of humanity much like ours. Who are the real savages? The people in the World state or the Savages? The citizens of the world state act inhumane without knowing it, so wouldn’t this make them savages? The savages do peculiar things; does this truly make them savages? These are just a few of my personal thoughts and questions I have about this book. The theme presented here is the cruelty of individual differences. The citizens of the World State don’t accept people who are different or that don’t follow the rules, in this case, the savages. The savages despise the citizens of the World State because of how they act and their way of living and doing things. People can’t accept each other because of difference. This seems to have created the boarder line between the savage reservation and the World Sate.