| Bernard Marx | Allusion to Karl Marx, founder of Marxism, socialism |
| Lenina Crowne | Russian revolutionary and founder of communist party Vladimir Lenin |
| Benito Hoover | Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and the 31st U.S. President Herbert Hoover |
| Malthusian belt, Malthusian Drill | Political economist THomas Malthus, an early proponent for birth control for population regulation. |
| conditioning and Neo-Pavlovian | Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov an his conditioning experiments (Pavlov’s dogs) |
| Ford | Henry Frod, creator of Model T Ford and modern assembly line work |
| George Bernard Shaw | Irish writer and socialist George Bernard Shaw |
| Freud | Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud |
| Helmholtz Watson | John B. Watson, American psychologist, founder of behaviorism, together with Rosalie Rayner conducted controversial “Little Albert” experiment. |
| Mustapha Mond | Founder of modern Turkey, Mustapha Kemal Ataturk. |
| Mond | Monde– “world” or “people” in French |
| Brave New World | From Shakespeare’s the Tempest, Miranda says:”O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in it!” |
Brave New World Allusions
June 7, 2020