Orwell vs Postman

Neil Postman utilizes parallelism, inference, and metaphors to clarify and justify his view that Aldous Huxley’s predictions of the future in Brave New World is more accurate than George Orwell’s views in 1984. Postman uses parallelism to unquestionably lay out Huxley’s and Orwell’s predictions. Postman clearly states “What Orwell feared . . . What Huxley feared . . .” to contrast the two author’s prophecies. In doing this, he is able to show each author’s point …

…a sea of irrelevance”. “Drowned in a sea” gives the impression of there being too much of something and losing sight of its true importance. Postman’s writing contrasted Huxley and Orwell’s views with the employment of parallelism, inference, and metaphors. He clearly and accurately was able to list the main points of each author’s prediction and through the use of inference imply Huxley’s exactness in his “chilling” predictions of the future.