Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley is a book about a Utopian Society that thrives on stability rather than freedom. This futile, yet widely accepted society was gone against by one man, John the Savage. John’s mother, Linda, accidentally conceived him in the World State but soon after, moved to the savage reservation to give birth to him. Living in the savage reservation all his life, John had merely heard stories about the World State through his mother. The excitement he once had about moving to the World State was short lived as he was being given a tour of the society. John is accepted in the World State but he begins to have a difficult time dealing with the principles one has to follow in that society. Huxley develops Lenina’s character in such a way where she is described as “pneumatic” and basically, a wrench. Lenina develops a strong sexual attraction towards John. He loves Lenina but their views on love differ, causing more issues in their already troubled relationship. Lenina views love as only having to do with sex while John wants a real relationship with her. The …show more content…
When he moved to the World State, he was appalled by their lack of love and emotion. Lenina is afraid of commitment as she was conditioned to be. With the help of John, she began to realize that love is more than sex. It is an emotional commitment to someone that they will uphold for however long. John’s relationship with Lenina is the only example of lust and true love in the World State. With the surprising death of his mother, John rebels against the World State which is the climax of the novel. Through his rebellion, John proves that freedom is better than stability. Throughout the novel, he would not alter his principals to fit those of the World State. By moving to a new location, he shows that he is a true savage. He ends up living the savage life he was destined to from the
The adult John comes to civilized society as an experiment by Marx and Mond to see how a "savage" would adapt to civilization. Frankly, he does not adapt very well. He is appalled by the lifestyle and ideas of civilized people, and gets himself into a lot of trouble by denouncing civilization. He loves Lenina very much, but gets very upset at her when she wants to have sex with him. He physically attacks her, and from that point on does not want to have anything to do with her. When his mother dies, he interferes with the "death conditioning" of children by being sad. Finally, his frustrations with the civilized world become too much for him and he decides to take action. He tries to be a sort of a Messiah to a group of Deltas, trying to free them from the effect of soma. He tells them only the truth, but it is not the truth that the Deltas have been conditioned to believe, so to them it is a violent lie and they begin to cause a riot. When the riot is subdued, John is apprehended and taken to have a talk with Mustapha Mond.
John’s character had the most violent and dramatic conflict centered around his sexual desire for Lenina, religion and romance.
While much was going on in Huxley’s life, many other events were occurring in the world. In the late 1920s to the early 1930s, life in Europe was not easy (Predas). A worldwide outbreak of the influenza killed more than twenty-million people during the period between the two World Wars (Predas). With the death of so many people, the thousands that were lost during war and those lost due to the influenza epidemic, an incredible level of tension was rising among those in Europe and the rest of the world. Such ...
Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World in 1932, with no real way to tell the future and how society would be today. The novel is based around a dystopia, a society that is the opposite of an utopia which is a “perfect” society according to the definition. Today’s society is far from perfect by definition. Huxley’s dystopia was supposed to mimic an almost impossible future, but with how things have changed in the past 90 years that future might not be so far away.
Brave New World illustrates a world where everything that is morally right in our society, is wrong. Monogamy is sinful, massive orgies are not. Serious thinking is unnecessary because life has already been planned out. Hardships and stress can be solved with a few tablets of soma. This is the world which John Savage and others in the novel foolishly came to hate. All of the things that John Savage desires are the things that make our society unstable. Huxley uses John Savage to show the reader that this world is distopian, when this society is the closest example to a stable, utopian society.
One distinguishing factor of John is his belief in multiple higher powers. In the Reservation there are many different belief systems acknowledged, whereas in the World State, citizens only believe in the fabricated Ford and Freud. To explain why the World State is without God, the World Controller Mustapha Mond claims, “God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness” (Huxley 234). Believing in God goes against the World State’s stipulation of its citizens being continuously happy. In addition to believing in traditional religion, John the Savage has a passion for reading and intellect. At a young age John was given the works of William Shakespeare. In the World State no one has the desire for knowledge, so John is seen as outlandish for having read anything other than books of reference. John is told, “We don’t encourage them to indulge in any solitary amusements” when he asks about what the libraries in the World State contain (Huxley 163). Much the same, the character Helmholtz Watson stands out amongst the World State
Aldous Huxley’s most influential novel, Brave New World, fabricated a society with a restrictive government, widely distributed mood-altering drugs, unchaste morals, and suppressed individuality. Under the control of directors, world societies are comprised of genetically altered humans created in labs, that are conditioned into castes and modified for maximum productivity. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, a world of manufactured comfort opposes the norms of today’s society. The introduction of John the Savage represents the conflict between present-day society and its satirical counter-society.
Brave New World shows the results of a futuristic dystopia that bases their everyday lives off of drugs, sex, and technology. The novel explores both the ups and down of a totalitarianism by showing how it affects different members of society.
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, exemplifies the idea that in an ever-growing modern world, one who demonstrates traditional values about love will be unable to cope up with the questionable morals and differentiating, controversial values present, seen through John’s difficult experience in the Brave New World. In the novel, there is a severe disconnect between what John was taught and the ideals of the Brave New World, which encouraged ruthless, unemotional, and quick interactions with someone found attractive instead of a stable relationship with a loved one. As a result, John struggled greatly to try to adapt to the Brave New World while still trying to maintain his own values, and proved to be unfit to stay there. It is evident that John could have never survived in such a society, due to the great difference in between both of their morals, and the Brave New World’s disapproval of his own values, seen through John’s reaction to the recreational activities, the people in the Brave New World’s mockery of his most favorite pieces of literature, which formed his ideas on love, and finally in his own relationship with Lenina. However, while John’s downward spiral of his mental and emotional state in the Brave New World and his unwillingness to accept their values cause him to leave London, his final conformity and unwilling acceptance to the Brave New World ideals cause the final tragedy at the end of the novel, revealing that he would have never been able to survive in this society, for he was bound to be tainted by their values.
In the first couple of chapters, Lenina, a young woman, is introduced. When we first meet her, we learn that she has been seeing a guy, Henry, for the past 4 months. The reader can assume that this is normal, since the same happens in our everyday lives, but we soon discover that this is abnormal. In the new world, a regulation is set that men and woman cannot be in committed relationships, but are supposed to have sex with as many men or woman possible. The fact that she is not promiscuous enough can get her into trouble. “And you know how strongly the D. H. C. objects to anything intense or long-drawn… why, he’d be furious if he knew…” (Huxley, 41) As the story progresses, however, she becomes an example of new world regulations, admitting that she had sex with many men. “She was a popular girl and, at one time or another, had spent a night with almost all of them.” (Huxley, 57) Old world r...
Brave New World expresses the idea that people in problemed societies are constantly trying to justify, avoid, or hide the flaws with their society including, but not limited to, people in the government. Huxley expresses this through the use of repetitive and abundant symbolism.
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, portrays a future society where people are no longer individuals but are controlled by the World State. The World State dominates the people by creating citizens that are content with who they are. Brave New World describes how the science of biology and psychology are manipulated so that the government can develop technologies to change the way humans think and act. The World State designs humans from conception to this society. Once the humans are within the society, the state ensures all people remain happy.
... suddenly two tears rolled down her cheeks. Inaudibly, she spoke again; then, with a quick, impassioned gesture stretched out her arms towards the Savage, stepped forward."(227). She along with John are the only people to have cried in the world state,this leads us to believe that Lenina has some degree of feelings for John.The changes in the characters of Bernard, Lenina and John occur as a result of some sort of passion or need..
This central idea is underlined foremost through the use of contrast between the way the citizens of the World State and John the Savage talk. The manner in which John expresses his emotions allows the readers to view the rules of the government from an outsider 's perspective. Moreover, the repetition of the hypnopaedic phrases throughout the novel provides a constant reminder of the control that the World State has on its people. Finally, the exchange between Mustapha Mond and John gives the readers the opportunity to question the values placed on society and find reason behind the decisions of authority. Essentially, in Brave New World, Huxley effectively uses dialogue to highlight the suppression that the World State has on the freedom of society. This thought-provoking novel explores the idea of whether it is favourable to be happy and restrained or to be conscious and
Chapter 4-8 Starting off chapter 4, Lenina and Bernard Marx are sharing a crowded elevator heading to the roof (Huxley 57). While in front of everyone, she tells Bernard that she will go on a date with him. The public display embarrasses Bernard, who would prefer to talk it over in private (Huxley 58-62). Lenina laughs at his awkwardness and then takes off with Henry Foster in a helicopter for a date night (Huxley 63). We then learn more about Bernard and how he deals with his problems. Then after blowing some steam off Bernard gets in his vehicle and flies away to visit Helmholtz Watson (Huxley 66-71). The main reason why these guys are friends is because they both are different compared to everyone else in the world. Watson and Bernard are capable