"The air seemed hot and somehow breathless with the scent of ambergris and sandalwood."
(pg. 76)
In this quote, the author utilizes alliteration to emphasize the images he depicts in the setting. The alliteration gets the reader's attention to recognize the details in the scene in which Linina and Henry went out on a date to dance. Also, throughout the book so far and in this scene as well, it appears as though everyone except Bernard Marx is taking a thing called soma. It seems as though it's a drug of some sort, and the characters always say it "cures ten gloomy sentiments." I am thinking that it may possibly be a drug designed to keep people happy with their place in society. Everyone who takes it is happy with the exception of Bernard Marx who also seems to contrast the normal by almost isolating himself from everyone. Also, Huxley reveals Bernard's dislike for the current social system he lives in which, again, is in contrast with all the other characters in the story. Whether there is a real connection with the drug and this way of thinking will be interesting to learn later in the story.
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