"Three- Poled Frame Reference"

The first topic for the second in-class essay was the philosophy of English essayist and author of “Brave New World, Aldous Huxley. I did not understand the quote at first but after my conference with Professor Farley, I understood it a little better. Huxley is saying that there are three different poles of reference for writing essays. The pole of the personal, which focuses on more the autobiographical aspect of writing; the pole of the objective, which focuses on the information and facts; and the pole of the abstract- universal that focuses on the world as a whole.
Aldous Huxley thinks that in order for an essay to be truly effective it has to be written with all three poles in mind. He believes that most essayists write in reference to one of the three poles and only pay attention to one form of writing. Some essayists focus on two poles like in "The Curve of Binding Energy" when John McPhee talked about the life of Ted Taylor and how it related to the Orion Project. That is an example of using the pole of the personal and the pole of the objective in one essay. Although, some essayists do not use all three poles, Huxley thinks that they are still capable of writing good essays.
I think that the point of this quote is to show the difference between the styles of writing and realize the ways to improve on our current styles of writing. It is a good reference to think about while starting a new piece of writing.