'Is she dead?' he asked" (Brave New World, 207).
This vividly reminded me of the time in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (the movie, I don't think the book) where Dudley taunts Harry about his mom. "Where is your mum, Potter? She dead? Is she dead?"
There are some good parallels, I think. John shoved the little kid who said it, and Harry stood up and got angsty. Actually, John and Order-of-the-Phoenix-Harry are both very angsty. Additionally, in most cases, it's probably not fun to be asked "Is she dead?" repeatedly when it refers to someone you care about.
Before John became a character, the result of the weird description of the "civilized world" was a clash between things that the book said and my brain. Now that John's a character, it's a clash between things that the book says and him. So that's a pretty cool shift in perspective.
Aaand I totally called this death three posts ago. Which, I suppose, is the point of foreshadowing.
Aaaaaaaaaah! I... you should look at my blog post. The "He doesn't know what a Moogle is!" one.
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Gahh, you found the video of the moment! I could only find this picture. It's okay.
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