%26quot;John is so awed by Lenina%26#039;s beauty that he does not even dare touch her. He has a sudden temptation to pull the one zipper of her pajamas, but he immediately is ashamed of himself.%26quot; In other words, the zipper represents a forbidden sexual temptation and/or contraception--in this instance. The World State’s control of its population is based on rigid control over sexual mores and reproductive rights.
What do the zippers in Brave New World, by aldous huxley, symbolize?
Huxley used zippers in Brave New World as signs of technological decadence, according to a New York Times essay:
%26quot;For many years the zipper was mainly a barometer of ambivalence about a fully automated world — especially when it came to intimate matters like dress. The machine-run dystopia of Aldous Huxley%26#039;s 1932 novel %26quot;Brave New World,%26quot; Mr. Friedel pointed out, is littered with zippers — from zippyjamas to zippicamiknicks. %26quot;To Huxley,%26quot; Mr. Friedel wrote, %26quot;there was nothing at all natural about zippers, and that is just why they are such a powerful yet subtle symbol throughout his novel.%26quot; %26quot;
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