Mar 24, 2021 · What do “Háni" and “Sons éso tse-ná” mean in Brave New World? I know they sound unreal, but I was curious if there is an actual meaning behind these two phrases.

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Jun 12, 2017 · @Gallifreyan that offers some insight, thanks, but I'd argue that Lenin has anything to do with conformism - he was a revolutionary. Lenina, on the other hand, conforms to the govt. Thinking …

Sep 9, 2018 · In chapter I of Brave New World Revisited, Aldous Huxley writes: […] there are nowhere any religious traditions in favor of unrestricted death, whereas religious and social traditions in favor ...

Jan 22, 2026 · I was reading Auden's curmugeonly poem "Moon Landing" (available here, for example), and was struck by the third verse: A grand gesture. But what does it period? What does it osse? We w...

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Q&A for scholars and enthusiasts of literature Looking at Women Looking at War by Victoria Amelina contains the following quote: I met Zhenia Podobna at the party in Lviv. I knew about her precisely …

Mar 24, 2021 · In Brave New World, sky-signs feature the name of a band (?) called The Sixteen Sexophonists. Is the word Sexophonists a play on words by the author, and if so, what is the joke?

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