Exile In Brave New World
Brave New World Essay
James Ringley
Period-3B
In Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, Linda experiences the effects of exile after she becomes lost and forgotten at a savage reservation. Due to Linda being from civilization, she is an outcast among the savages and frequently made fun of. Despite her exile being an alienating experience, it allows her to do things that would normally be prohibited in civilization. While Linda was with the savages she was unable to convince them to allow her into their group due to her being from the civilization. She is told that she is “bad” and is frequently called names by the younger boys of the village (Pg. 129). Many of the women also hate Linda because she has slept with their husbands. Some of the …show more content…
The exiling allows her to give birth to her son and even love him despite him being naturally born. Linda’s development of love for her son, John, comes after she starts beating him for calling her “mother”. She suddenly “put her arms around him and kissed him” realizing that he was her son regardless of what civilization thought about it (Pg. 127). Linda’s separation from civilization also allowed her to teach her son how to read, something none of the other savages knew how to do (Pg. 129).
Linda’s exiling allowed John to become who he is and inadvertently shapes the rest of his life. With her teaching him how to read and living with the savages, John becomes the person that he is. The exiling Linda faced allows the book to progress and results in John being introduced to Bernard and Lenina.
Through Linda’s experience of exile, the characters and plot of the novel are developed and influenced. Linda’s character influences John throughout the novel and is a driving force in his demise. Literary theorist and cultural critic Edward Said wrote that exile “is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place”. This is shown through her experience with the savages and the unwillingness of the civilized people to accept her back into their
James Ringley
Period-3B
In Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, Linda experiences the effects of exile after she becomes lost and forgotten at a savage reservation. Due to Linda being from civilization, she is an outcast among the savages and frequently made fun of. Despite her exile being an alienating experience, it allows her to do things that would normally be prohibited in civilization. While Linda was with the savages she was unable to convince them to allow her into their group due to her being from the civilization. She is told that she is “bad” and is frequently called names by the younger boys of the village (Pg. 129). Many of the women also hate Linda because she has slept with their husbands. Some of the …show more content…
The exiling allows her to give birth to her son and even love him despite him being naturally born. Linda’s development of love for her son, John, comes after she starts beating him for calling her “mother”. She suddenly “put her arms around him and kissed him” realizing that he was her son regardless of what civilization thought about it (Pg. 127). Linda’s separation from civilization also allowed her to teach her son how to read, something none of the other savages knew how to do (Pg. 129).
Linda’s exiling allowed John to become who he is and inadvertently shapes the rest of his life. With her teaching him how to read and living with the savages, John becomes the person that he is. The exiling Linda faced allows the book to progress and results in John being introduced to Bernard and Lenina.
Through Linda’s experience of exile, the characters and plot of the novel are developed and influenced. Linda’s character influences John throughout the novel and is a driving force in his demise. Literary theorist and cultural critic Edward Said wrote that exile “is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place”. This is shown through her experience with the savages and the unwillingness of the civilized people to accept her back into their