Oxymoron (Brave New World)

"In the Bottling Room all was harmonious bustle and ordered activity." PAGE 9

This quote contains an example of an oxymoron- "harmonious bustle." The purpose of the oxymoron was to describe what was going on inside the room as someone walking in would see it. It effectively notes that there was alot going on and alot of movement, but it was not chaos. The movement was intentional and meaningful.

Also throughout this chapter, mainly in the beginning half, I noticed how the narrator followed and documented the students and their actions. He or she noted when they were writing and when they were reacting to something. As much as the narrator was following and providing accounts of what the director and Mr. Foster were saying and doing, the reader also had an idea of how the students were reacting. I found this quite interesting and a little perplexing. It did not seem to me that the students were the main focus of the chapter or that they would be extremely relevant later on. I was assuming that they were just like background characters to the Director and Mr. Foster as they explained the different aspects of the hatchery to the reader. I will probably be proven wrong and the students will have more weight than I anticipated in the storyline.