Brave New World Third Reading Entry

1. What is Huxley's intention in using the outcast in the society as the protagonist?

2. If the world Huxley tries to create is a utopia, why would he choose to show the readers a viewpoint that sees it as a dystopia? What does this allow the readers to infer and what was his intention?

3. Why did Huxley and Orwell both choose to end their stories with the opposite of what we, as readers, would naturally expect to happen? Does this have an impact on the readers and if so, was this impact intentional by the authors?

"Communist Utopia" by Thomas Hornung

The eyes in the painting indicate communism, like the government is always watching the people. This shows how the people of the society are being oppressed and controlled. The whole society is gray, symbolizing that it has no life because the freedoms of the people are all taken away. The artist's view on communism is that it is controlling. He feels that the people are oppressed to the point that they can't even walk down a street by themselves because the government is always watching. The people associated with communism are constantly being controlled by the government. The title is an oxymoron in itself. It means that communism and a utopia can not coexist because they are complete opposites of one another, except for the fact they are both controlling. It's almost ironic to see that the communism and the utopia are working together because it controls the people to do what they want. However, in this painting it does not seem like a utopia because the people do not look happy, which is the main priority of a utopia.