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Brave New World · 1932
A hypnopaedic slogan, Brave New World (1932)
Every one belongs to every one else.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Nobody owns anybody: the line sounds like generosity and works as a ban on private love, loyalty and jealousy. It is quoted as Huxley's warning that a society can strip out privacy and attachment while calling it freedom and togetherness.
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In context
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A hypnopaedic slogan of the World State in Brave New World (1932), repeated to children as they sleep and then by adults as received wisdom. In Chapter 3 Lenina Crowne repeats it to her friend Fanny to justify seeing a variety of partners, since in the World State monogamy and family are shameful and sex is a social duty. Wikipedia notes the society is built on mass production and consumption. The wording in editions varies between one word and two for every one.
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- Brave New World (Wikipedia)Themes and settingReference checked
- Brave New World quotes (Gracious Quotes)Chapter 3 entriesReference checked
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