O Brave New World....

' "O brave new world," he repeated. "O brave new world that has such people in it. Let's start at once." ' (Page 139)

     I have been thinking all along that the title of Brave New World was just a name Huxley gave the world he created. I always assumed it was simply his way of describing the odd future he envisioned for the world he lived in while he was an author. In a way, it is still his description of his world, but now I see the true meaning behind it. It is John's view of the world he enters after hearing a first-hand account of it his entire life. He says this quote directly after hearing that Lenina is single, and he can pursue her if he so desires (which he does). He is eager to get started in this "brave new world," and he has nothing but good things to say about the world he will be living in. However, the happiness can only last so long. His mother, Linda, will be traveling back to her former home with him, and her life is near an end. John will experience true pain in the chapters to come, and he goes a little crazy at one point.