Surrounded by People, Forever Alone

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Mustapha Mond, the almighty world controller, Bernard, the Alpha reject, and John, the outcast in both the old and new world, differ tremendously in the eyes of society yet suffer from the same fate, a life filled with loneliness. Mustapha Mond put himself in a position way above the others in a society that his mindset didn’t truly fit in with. Bernard was physically stunted compared to other Alphas and was therefore outcast and denied his social standings that is granted to all Alphas as a sort of birthright. John is different from the Indians in the Savage Reservation, his skin tone and mindset set him apart from his fellow tribesmen, but he didn’t fit in the “Brave New World”, he couldn’t, not as the savage with a “Mother” and a “Father”. All three are incredibly intelligent individuals and would thrive in modern society but in a world where all people are decanted, are born into their social positions, and must “fit in” they all stuck out. All three lacked to proper environment to grow and thrive, reach their full potential, so they never did.
Mustapha Mond aimed for a high social position because that helped him reach his goal of maintaining social stability. Mustapha Mond, in reality, didn’t truly fit in or like what he did, he loved science, he outright admitted it to John, Bernard, and Helmholtz. “’Because, finally, I preferred this,’ the Controller answered. ‘I was given the choice: to be sent to an island, where I could have got on with my pure science, or to be taken on to the Controllers’ Council with the prospect of succeeding in due course to actual Controllership…’” (Huxley 328) Mustapha Mond gave up his love of science to fit in and gain a position of power. He gave up his passion for social stability, a mindle...

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...that he would never be good enough. Bernard lacked the confidence to try Mustapha Mond’s approach to fitting in but could use Helmholtz’s approach of standing out. Bernard ended up leaving to Iceland, an island, where people who don’t fit in are sent. John, no matter how hard he tried, would never fit in to either society. His Shakespearian mindset, upbringing in a savage reservation, and his mother and father set him apart from the civilized world. His fairer complexion and his more civilized thoughts set him apart from the Indians in the reservation. John couldn’t handle the social pressure and, in the end, killed himself. The way all three men handled the situation was different but they were all brilliant people that suffered from social pressures and loneliness.

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Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World,. New York: Harper & Bros., 1946. Google Play. Web.

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