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Satire has long been used to safely critique contemporary social and political mores by indirectly prompting readers to question value systems using ambiguous devices like allegory, hyperbole, and irony, such as Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” or Orwell’s Animal Farm, both of which might be taken at face value if read out of historical context. In Brave New World, how does this ambiguity complicate reader responses and open the novel to various interpretations?
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By Aldous Huxley