Aldous Huxley is an English novelist and critic who is most famous for the novel Brave New World. He mainly wrote crime and drama stories. He was actually born into a very well educated family. However, when he lost his sight for a period of time, he was unable to fulfill his future plans of being a scientist and fighting in World War II.
What is a satire?
satire /noun
1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
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This basically means that it is the a work of literature that uses sarcastic or ridiculing words to degrade or disagree with foolish or evil and immoral acts.