Brave New World

Section two of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World reveals a surprising plot twist. Before embarking on his journey to see the savages, Bernard is told by the Director of the man's own trip there, where his companion went missing. At first, I believed this story's purpose was to reveal a more human side of the Director, a form of characterization. However, after Bernard meets Linda on the trip, it is clear the Director's story was a different literary technique, foreshadowing. Huxley has the Director tell Bernard this story, predicting that it would in the future mean more to Bernard than a possible connection to the man. When Bernard stumbles upon a woman who used to live in civilization and her son, it is immediately clear he believes her to be the Director's former companion, and her son his son. He admits to having a plan "he had been secretly elaborating ever since, in the little house, he had realized who the 'father' of this young savage must be" (138). It is not until the end of this section that the author explicitly states the Director as the father publicly.