"Stability," said the Controller, "stability. No civilization without social stability. No social stability without individual stability." (Brave New World, page 42)
"Stability," insisted the Controller, "stability. The primal and the ultimate need. Stability. Hence all this." (pg. 43)
"After all, everyone one belongs to everyone else." "Yes, every one belongs to every one else," Lenina repeated slowly and sighing, was silent for a moment..." (page 43)
Stability. Every one belongs to everyone else. These anaphoras emphasis the author's key points and purposes. The Controller continuously repeats the word stability showing that without it, society will not be successful. I'm guessing that what he means by stability is that each person can not depend on others. That's why there are no families and no emotional attachment because everyone has to be independent.
However, I feel like that sort of contradicts the phrase "every one belongs to every one else". If everyone is independent then how does every one belong to every one else? I feel like maybe this phrase is being used to describe reproduction. Every man can be with every woman. There is no marriage, no relationships, again no emotional attachments. These anaphoras display the themes of total control and perfection.
Anaphoras are used to convey to the reader what they should be paying attention to. Just like Randy Jackson on American Idol says his two favorite anaphoras "what kind of show is this?" and "in it to win it" to emphasis his points. :)
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