The Importance of Decisions Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

At one point or another everyone has been a witness to that strange boy in the corner of the grocery store spending an hour choosing candy. Every time you pass him, his determined and focused expression catches your eye and you can't resist the curiosity as to why this crazy kid still is so focused on choosing the best possible way to get a cavity. The reasons may be simple, but reasons happen in consequence of life influences. Likewise the boy's influence could be his amazing goal setting that his mother taught him and because of that he finds it special in his own way to find the best candy bar for the best satisfaction. In like fashion, John from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World also stands with his decisions. Both boys have influences that affect their reasons and consequently create a decision. Linda and Shakespeare are the influences that keep John soaring through decisions.

As largely out of place Linda is, she still manages to have a sense of love and affection towards John. It is insignificant to John's already made choices as to whether or not Linda truly cares. Yet, it still dwells on shaping the boy’s decisions. Firstly, when John talks to Bernard about his memories they are brief and John chooses not to think too much of them and accepts the fact that they happened. This proves John’s optimism towards difficult situations. Also, he never held a grudge against his mother for being so socially unacceptable and making it hard for John to live his own way. In the end John still held onto her. Another way John shows optimism is how he deals with the bullies in the reservation. Instead of keeping it on his mind how mean and rude the other boys where, the raggedy boy instead thought about how h...

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... in life. Linda gave John his optimism towards difficult situations. Reading also put thoughts into John’s head, and was provided in influence of his mother also. Of course, curiosity killed the cat, and John was just that with the assistance of his mother. Surely reading is a big deal to John, so Shakespeare’s works was more than just a dusty book. Indeed, it was a doorway to better comprehension and reading skills that allowed John to understand more about the things around him. In like manner, john’s fantasies allowed his imagination to be wild and free. Consequently, all these notions rippled up into the affect of John’s decisions. Therefore these notions all stand as influence to John’s actions. This “savage” would be very different if not for his influences.

Works Cited

Print. Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York : Harper Perenial, 1969. Print.