In Aldous Huxley’s Brave new World‚ John the savage is undeniably the most complex character misfortunate enough to be influenced by the dystopian society illustrated in the future. The characteristics that Huxley uses to define John not only add to that complexity‚ but also reveal the inevitable demise of one who has been denatured by the dystopian society- despite moral beliefs‚ knowledge of literature to understand the world‚ and the desperation for self-exploration. In the dystopia of Western
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1. Mother‚ monogamy‚ romance. High spurts the fountain; fierce and foamy the wild jet. The urge has but a single outlet. My love‚ my baby. No wonder those poor pre-moderns were mad and wicked and miserable. Their world didn’t allow them to take things easily‚ didn’t allow them to be sane‚ virtuous‚ happy. What with mothers and lovers‚ what with the prohibitions they were not conditioned to obey‚ what with the temptations and the lonely remorses‚ what with all the diseases and the endless isolating
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As the novel progress‚ the readers meet the two main characters‚ Lenina Crown and Bernard Marx‚ who eventually go to the isolated Savage Reservation in New Mexico. At the Savage Reservation‚ they meet a young man named John the Savage‚ who‚ as they soon finds out‚ is the son of the Director of the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre and a woman called Linda. Since Huxley’s society doesn’t allow "birth" to happen and Linda has broken this "law‚" she is forced to stay at the Reservation
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population growth. To the government‚ people were no longer people‚ but numbers. The society as a whole lived‚ thought‚ and valued the same things. Growing up in this culture‚ Lenina found it natural to accept this‚ but the reader could see the horror of the situation. By showing how addicted to drugs‚ judgemental‚ and sheltered Lenina was‚ Huxley clearly illustrated that people need to stick to their morals and value their differences‚ or else they will be easily swayed by society’s influences.
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"God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness." Chapter 17 Of all the works that Aldous Huxley has produced the most intriguing and philosophical one would have to be Brave New World. Throughout his carrier Huxley has written many satirical novels about the flaws of society but none can compare the symbolism and depth that this novel presents. As the above quote suggests
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Chapter 4: At the start‚ Bernard was embarrassed when Lenina tells Bernard in front of a dozen coworkers that she accepted his invitation to see the Savage Reservation. He wanted to discuss this privately but this confuses Lenina and she decided to saunter of to meet Henry. Bernard feels terrible now because Lenina seemed to behave like someone who is afraid of discussing her sexual life in public. Ordering a pair of Delta-Minus attendants‚ he betrays his insecurity about his size. Bernard contemplates
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time John laid eyes on Lenina‚ he was deeply in love‚ as he stopped talking mid-sentence because “he gave a gasp and was silent‚ gaping...He had seen‚ for the first time in his life‚ the face of a girl whose cheeks were not the colour of chocolate or dogskin...” (Huxley‚ 79). Similarly‚ when Romeo first sees Juliet in Romeo and Juliet‚ he had “ne’er [seen] true beauty till this night” (Shakespeare‚ 11) just like how John had never seen beauty of that caliber until he saw Lenina. This is the event that
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has had it with his impure thoughts about Lenina. John becomes overwhelmed with his lustful thoughts about her that he throws himself into a thorn bush: “But oh‚ oh‚ her arms round his neck‚ the lifting of her breasts‚ her mouth!... He flung himself against them‚ he embraced not the smooth body of his desires‚ but an armful of green spikes. Sharp‚ with a thousand points‚ they pricked him” (Huxley 252). Being that John started to have lewd thoughts of Lenina he thought that pain and suffering would
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" The only marriages mention in the book shows the husbands being unfaithful and disloyal‚ mimicing the world of today‚ both men and women are unfaithful to their partners. "They say those men are their men‚" (Huxley 126). "Lots of men came to see Linda." (Huxley 129). Drugs are taken everyday by both worlds‚ rather it is to get rid of a headache‚ to lessen pain‚ fight an infection‚ or to bring happiness drugs are consistly relied on. Although taking drugs shortens a lifespan‚ it helps people escape
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was attracted to the idea of the unfamiliar lifestyle in the reservation. While he was conditioned in the same way as Lenina and the others‚ he was uneasy about the image of old age‚ but it didn’t plague him as much as the rest of the civilized (120). There were many events throughout the novel that displayed Marx as “weird”. At one point‚ he was extremely embarrassed because Lenina accepted his request to go on a visit together in public (69). This was very normal in their society‚ but he disapproved
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