"'I actually dream about it sometimes,' the Director went on in a low voice. 'Dream of being woken up by that peal of thunder and finding her gone; dream of searching and searching for her under the trees.' He lapsed into the silence of reminiscence."
(pg. 97)
In this quote, Huxley incorporates an anecdote into the story. The Director, when given a document from Bernard Marx for his travels to New Mexico, reminisces upon a past event when he had actually travelled to New Mexico. Another side to the Director, previously seen as only a powerful and professional character, is revealed through the anecdote. The Director begins to tell Bernard of the horrors he experienced on the reservation in which the girl he travelled there with got lost in a storm. The author, I feel, uses great imagery in depicting the details of the setting as well as the Director's feelings. The Director is shown to feel guilt and responsibility for her death. I'm curious to know the purpose for Huxley's inclusion of this anecdote. Whether it was an attempt to make the Director a more personable character or for some other purpose, I am interested to learn as I read further into the story.
In this entry, you mention the author using "great imagery" but don't ever point it out. What's the great imagery and its effect?
ReplyDeleteI felt that the author used great imagery when he described the thunderstorm as being "frightful" and describing how it "poured and roared and flashed." Also, when he depicted sounds of a "peal of thunder", I could see as well as hear the setting of the Director's anecdote.
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