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vivid
vivid
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High School - 10th Grade

Why has Huxley chosen to write Brave New World using a third person omniscient narrator?

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Posted by vivid on Monday March 30, 2009 at 3:46 AM and tagged with authorial choices, brave new world, huxley, thirdperson narrator.

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  1. soph17
    soph17 Teacher
    Community / Jr. College

    eNotes Editor

    By using a third-person omniscient narrator, Huxley is able to provide the reader with full knowledge of what is occurring at any time during the course of the novel. This knowledge is not usually available when using first-person narration and allows the reader insight into the minds and actions of many characters.

    In a novel such as Brave New World, insights into the actions and thoughts of all of the key characters allows the reader to fully understand and explore the many themes of the novel.

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    Posted by soph17 on Monday March 30, 2009 at 1:16 PM

  2. krishna-agrawala
    krishna-agrawala Teacher
    Graduate School

    eNotes Editor

    I would not like to guess the intentions of Huxley in writing this story as a narrator or story teller without any hint of personal involvement in the story, either as a character or as a commentator. It is worthwhile noting that Huxley has not made any direct evaluative comment on any of the character or situation in the story.

    I can only observe the impact this approach of Huxley has on the story. This way Huxley has managed to present the story without making his his judgment of right or wrong clear. The reader is left to make his/her own judgment of these.

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    Posted by krishna-agrawala on Thursday June 4, 2009 at 10:16 PM