"The mesa was like a ship becalmed in a strait of lion-coloured dust." (page 107)
Lenina uses multiple similes during her visit to the pueblos of Malpais. I imagine that is because she has never seen anything remotely close to the people and culture of New Mexico. Her descriptions of the mesas show how focused on her own community she was throughout the trip. Her description of a rock compared it to the "Charing-T Tower". None of these were new or original ideas. They all drew from something she was conditioned to know about or the things she saw every day. Lenina seems to be a person who is completely okay with her repetitive life in London. Her visit to New Mexico made me realize that she had no knowledge of any life outside her own.
I never thought about her use of similes showing how unfamiliar she is with the environment. Nice analysis!
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