Refusal In Brave New World

Individuality and refusal to be like others is what makes a person unique. In the dystopian novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley explores the refusal to conform to a structured society. The consequence to not conforming or being something other than the norm ultimately causes one to be alone. In the novel, people are artificially "born" to create the perfect society. If one is to step out of line or be something or someone other than who they are created to be, it leaves them as an outsider. Through the character Bernard, Huxley illustrates that society marginalizes those who are different. Huxley exemplifies how uniformity in the civilized world can truly corrupt a person if they are different. Bernard's inability to

As Bernard meets up with John, John expresses his frustration of being excluded from the native's rituals, "Why wouldn't they let me be the sacrifice? I'd have gone round ten times--twelve, fifteen. But they wouldn't let me. They dislike me for my complexion. It's always been like that. Always" (116). Just as Bernard's is unable to conform to the World State because of his differences, Huxley shows John is unable to be accepted by the people living on the reservation. Both John and Bernard are alike in many ways in which they share similar circumstances, "...he feels a strong affinity with him (John), since John, by virtue of his completion, is even more of an outsider in Malpais than Bernard is in the World State; and just Bernard secretly longs to conform to his society, so John wishes to participate in the rituals and rites from which he is excluded" (Pollerd).All they want is to be accepted by the world they live in, however that is not the case. John's transition into the World State is not what he expected either. Huxley shows John is treated just as much of an outsider there as on the reservation. People don't necessarily treat him as an outcast but he is treated as a ran object that the civilized people find entertainment