Huxleys novel features an assortment of distinct characters, most of them well educated and upper-class, who exchange their ideas, or rather convictions, about modern art, society, past, and future while obstinately continuing to live alone in their petty worlds of amorous intrigues, self-doubts, judgmental opinions on everybody else, and a hefty dose of boredom and haughtiness. This novel can be discussed from a variety of theoretical perspectives, but, for next weeks assignment, write a short essay (1000-1200 words) in which you will try to select and discuss some part of the narrative (an event, some paragraphs) from a neo-Marxist point of view. While it is ok to focus on traditional Marxist concepts such as reification, class conscience, and the crude determinism of the base/superstructure model, you are welcome to look at the text from other perspectives within Marxist thinking.
