Conversation of Resolution

"'Because, finally, I preferred this,' the Controller answered. "I was given the choice to be sent to an island, where I could have got on with my pure science, or to be taken on to the Controllers' Council with the prospect of succeeding in due course to an actual Controllership. I chose this and let the science go.' After a little silence, 'Sometimes,' he added, 'I rather regret the science. Happiness is a hard master- particularly other people's happiness. A much harder master, if one isn't conditioned to accept it unquestioningly, than truth.'"-pg 227

In previous blogs, I inspected the attitude and perspective Huxley took towards displaying the information he wanted the reader to have and formulate opinions on. From complete unbiased observation of the futuristic world of his novel, through the view of a unique and irresolute character, to the negative and more familiar perspective of a new character, Huxley has lead the reader to the desired conclusion without actually ever spelling out the details of this world and how it got to be here. There are so many explanations needed to fully comprehend how the world got this way, why it got this way, and why it stays this way. Finally, Huxley lays everything out in detail through one of his minor, but informative characters.

Mustapha Mond has a lengthy conversation with John the Savage after the riot that covers several pages. During the course of this conversation, the details of how, why, and when this world rose into existence is fully explained. Huxley minimizes the use of figurative language to take on an honest and blank tone that lends to the factual air Mustapha Mond has as he fills John in on the whole story. This tone is refreshing and a nice breather from the complicated perspectives that were complex because they were viewed through different, not omniscient characters. This conversation may be part of the resolution of the novel. The conversation both lays out the necessary details of the story, but also directly follows the climax. These facts make it feel like a resolve, a statement of the way it is and the way it always will be.