Imagery

"Wintriness responded to wintriness. The overalls of the workers were white, their hands gloved with a pale corpse-coloured rubber. The light was frozen, dead, a ghost." Page 3

This book opens with vivid and intense imagery. Incredibly, however, Huxley manages to paint scrupulously detailed pictures of very bleak and boring environments. He effectively sets the mood for the novel with his use of imagery to make sure the reader knows exactly what sort of world the book is set in. Even Huxley's description of the characters, such as the Director, are incredibly detailed. His ability to create a scene, even down to the tone of voice a speaker is using, enhances the reading experience to the fullest. Huxley uses many opposing details to describe different places, such as the "darkness" that is "visible". This is also very interesting in the mental images it creates. I look forward to hearing his descriptions of other people and places.