Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, is a novel set 632 years after the release of the Ford Model T and the assembly line. The concept of the assembly line is applied to the “decanting” and conditioning of people. The use of technology, such as drugs and conditioning, to control people in order to create a “stable” society leads to rebellious actions in order to defy the leader. The rebellious actions of three characters; Bernard, John and Lenina take steps in their own way that disobey the leader of the World State, Mustapha Mond.
Bernard Marx is a character in Brave New World that stands out from the rest; his views towards the current state of society are different than what the World State encourages, although he subconsciously abides to the morals and values due to the conditioning process he went through. Other members of society regard him as one of the Alpha-males that have “alcohol in his blood surrogate.” Bernard refuses to take soma, because he would rather feel sad and depressing emotions. He would rather “be [himself]…[himself] and nasty. Not somebody else, however jolly (Huxley, 59).” Soma is a drug that is used to control one’s emotions, and is forced upon the citizens by the World State. Bernard feels as though one doesn’t need to change their emotions and should embrace feelings like sadness and depression because it would help one grow as a person. The World State feels as though those emotions are harmful and should be eliminated. Bernard is against having casual sexual relationships with multiple women; he would rather “[go] for walks in the Lake District…land on top of Skiddaw and walk for a couple of hours in the Heather (pg #).” The World State encourages having multiple casual relationships, since “everyone belongs to everyone else,” but Bernard feels that one couldn’t do that all the time.
The Term Paper on World State Bernard Society John
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He would rather be with someone and not do anything at all. This is a rebellious action due to the fact that the World State tries to prevent this sort of isolation and intimate relationship. Moreover, Bernard brought John and Linda back from the Savage Reservation in order to humiliate the Director of Hatcheries, Thomas. Bernard has been “secretly elaborating this ever since, in the little house, he has realized who the father of this young savage must be (93).“ He plans to humiliate Thomas by revealing that he is the father of John, the Savage. In the current civilization, since everyone is decanted, the idea of a father or mother is considered pornographic and highly discouraged. Bernard’s character and his views towards society reveals that the World State isn’t a stable society.
Ever since Bernard brought John from that Savage Reservation, his actions have shown that he is completely against the World State and wants to transform it to what he considers “normal”. John is convinced that Soma is poison and will kill those who use it. His attempt to sway a group of Delta’s during their daily Soma distribution was unsuccessful since “ he had never spoken in public before, and found it very difficult to express what he wanted to say… its poison! (143).” John felt that the current state of the World State was something that should be changed into something he thinks is more natural. As a result of his discoveries of the “Brave new world” he is now living in, he attempts to separate himself from the rest of the people of the World State by locking himself “upstairs in his room…reading Romeo and Juliet (119).” John is being used as an experiment for the people of the World State. Isolation and culture is something that the World State society frowns upon, and John reading the works of William Shakespeare in his room alone is seen a form of uncooperative action. He continues to isolate himself from the rest of society by moving to “the old lighthouse, which stood on the crest of the hill between Puttenham and Elstead (166).” John intends to “pay for his sinful actions by “[pacifying] his conscience by promising himself a compensatingly harder self-discipline, purifications more complete and thorough (166).” John’s acts self-flagellation are to abandon his thoughts of Lenina and his experiences in the “Brave New World”. The whipping of oneself to remorse for their sinful actions has never been seen in the World State. The actions of John may be seen as “savage” and rebellious through the eyes of the people in the World State, however John was raised in a society that is similar to a society before technology was influenced in our lives, and is not seen as savage through their eyes.
The Essay on John Savage Desires What Makes
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 ...
Due to John’s presence in the World State, Lenina has fallen in love with him and is willing to go against the teachings of the World State in order to be with him. This is not the first time Lenina has been monogamous. Earlier in the novel, Lenina had an extended relationship with Henry Foster. Staying with one person in the World State is frowned upon, “ the D.H.C. objects to anything intense or long-drawn. Four months of Henry Foster, without having any other man…he’d be furious if he knew…(27)” Her desiring only one man for a long period of time is seen as a rebellious action in the World State because of the belief “everyone belongs to everyone else.” Ever since Lenina returned from the Savage Reservation, her feelings have strayed from Henry Foster and shifted towards John, “because you see…I like him (112).” John is seen as a savage in the World State due to the fact that he came from the Savage Reservation, therefore, liking a man like him is a rebellious act towards the belief system of the World State. Lenina continues to express her feelings towards John even after he ran away from the World State and moved to the old lighthouse. When she came to visit John and he saw her as she “inaudibly…spoke again, which a quick impassioned gesture, stretched out her arms towards the savage (175).” Lenina is demonstrating her love towards John by defying the World State society by attempting to bring John back to London so she can be with him. John reacts by whipping her because he left the World State in order to forget Lenina and pay for his sins. Lenina’s love for John was strong enough to show that she was willing to not “have” another man and disobey the moral teachings she was taught all of her life. The attempt that the World State made to control people failed to fully reach Lenina.
The Essay on Classified Cases World State People
Summary The novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley is base on a utopia world. This story begins with a character called The Director, he is in charge of placing the clones in their classified cases. He's underneath The Controller, because he has to follow The Controller of the world state orders which is Mustapha Mound. Mustapha gives a lesson to some clones students an through this we find out ...
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is a society that starts of as a utopia and then slowly turns into a dystopia. He shows that the use of technology and drugs to control people does not work and will only lead to rebellious actions against the leader. He emphasizes the fact that people should not be conditioned and manipulated artificially and should be born naturally with unique qualities. The people of the Savage Reservation are a representation of how people were before technology was introduced into the lives of people while the World State is a society of people that is completely immersed in technology. These two contrasting ideas show how different both communities are in terms of stability and how technology and drugs will continue to change us as we move further into the future.
