Mood

"'Moral education, which ought never, in any circumstances, to be rational.'" Page 26

Huxley emphasizes the mood of the story. He shows that it is anything but jolly or relaxed. Humans are divided and fertilized into different social classes. Alphas are the smartest of the classes, and conditioned to believe they are better than everyone else. Huxley used the situation of shock therapy on infants to show a ruthlessness in this future that seems disturbing and unacceptable to us. He says that this is the stable way of life, and shows how the Alphas don't feel bad at all to see this abuse, setting a mood of hopelessness and a certain barbarianism in this so called "stable" age. The atmosphere Huxley creates is one of swift, ruthless efficiency.