Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Metaphor

"Fanny's voice was a trumpet; she might have been a Y.W.F.A. lecturer giving an evening talk to adolescent Beta-Minuses."  This was the time Fanny was speaking to Lenina.  She was trying to convince Lenina to not like the savage.  Lenina described her voice as a trumpet, which is a metaphor.  Later in the chapter, Lenina goes to see John.  She tries to make love to him, but he does not want to.  He begins to become mad and calls Lenina names.  Earlier, though, he was speaking about marriage to her.  I feel that Lenina does not want to get married, or she may not even be familiar with what marriage is.  However, I think that John wants marriage, and I feel that is all he is familiar with.  I feel that people in his "village" do not make love to each other, even when they are married.

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