Brave New World 1

"A troop of newly arrived students, very young, pink and callow, followed nervously, rather abjectly, at the Director's heels." pg. 4

First of all, I think that this book is really strange and hard to follow. So, I think I'll start of with something I know, (or think I know): Indirect characterization. The author, Aldous Huxley, portrays the director in an intimidating and controlling manner. By the way the students nervously responded to him and viciously wrote down every word he said, I concluded that the director was a rather frightening man. The director's characterization showed he is a figure of authority.This authority is definitely needed in this place of such intellectually and technologically advanced processes. I think that the director was indirectly characterized to separate him from the humans that are being mass produced, who were directly characterized. These humans are developed with little individuality, making them almost robotic. By characterizing the director in a different way, the author is distinguishing a difference between the true humans and mass produced humans.