Alienation In Brave New World

A particular fact that interests me about this narrative is that, the government of the society wants all of its citizens to believe that they are greater together and that, “everyone works for everyone else” (Huxley, p. 91). The government also isn’t, “...content with merely hatching out embryos: any cow could do that.” (Huxley, p. 13) but they, “also predestine and condition. We decant our babies as socialized human beings, as Alphas or Epsilons, as future sewage workers or future… World controllers...” (Huxley, p.13). This way of accepting has worked, so far, on everyone except Bernard Marx. Through the way that Bernard acts and thinks he often experiences alienation. He is fast to refuse soma while others are fast to accept it. He also enjoys being in the peace and quiet, to admire the beauty of things, while others like to be in the center of everything to know what is going on. Once he even asked Lenina, “Don’t you wish you were free, Lenina?” (Huxley, p. 91) because he doesn’t believe everyone is happy
The ruling government of the time period in the narrative didn’t completely eliminate the savage society so they grouped it together, fenced it off, and set it apart from the rest of the world to act as an example of what not to do. The government did this because the savage people don’t share their beliefs, or cultural views, with the rest of society and they also refuse to give them up. This fenced off society consists of, “...Absolute savages...Indians and half-breeds....marriage… families...Christianity and totemism and ancestor worship…..infectious diseases...” (Huxley, p. 103) and that is why the reigning government allows them, “No communication whatsoever with the civilized world” (Huxley, p. 103). Alienation has popped up more and more in the narrative as the reader got to know more about Bernard’s thoughts and views and more about the inner workings of the