The thesis of Brave New World is a warning of the state's control over society. This is shown by presenting the ways in which the state controls their citizens throughout the novel. The state is able to control reproduction, and medical intervention. Both of which allow them to create a caste system. This power allows them to take away personal freedoms and livelihood, the state artificially makes the people happy through the use of the drug soma and by doing so makes them content to follow along with society's expectations. The story is composed of two halves. The first halve focusses on getting the reader familiar with the future world that Huxley has created. A society in which children are born by cloning; thus allowing the state to create …show more content…
Bernard is an alpha, but he is smaller than most alphas and this makes him feel inferior and like he doesn’t belong in his social class. This leads him to be unsatisfied with his life. Because of this Bernard goes to study a "savage" reservation where people live without rules, and people marry and have children naturally. On his trip Bernard discovers Linda, a once alpha citizen of his society who was abandoned on the reservation while pregnant with her son John. Bernard then decides to bring back Linda and John to London. When he returns, he becomes something of a celebrity because he has brought back a “savage”, though this only lasts shortly. when John doesn't come to a party that Bernard is hosting Bernard once again becomes an outcast. Soon after the party Linda dies and this leads John to realize the wrongdoing of the state. And the controller explains to him that truth and happiness have been balanced carefully, that they as a society have chosen a life of happiness in exchange for a life with little truth. Bernard is sent then away, and John decides that he will move away to live on his own into the countryside. The story ends when John hangs himself due to his unhappiness and
This does not end well because Bernard and Helmholtz get a call to come and pick up John. All three of them end up getting arrested because of their rebellious action (Huxley 215). All three of them are sent to go Mustapha Mond (Huxley 218). Then after John and Mond have their argument, John is sent away (Huxley 230-240). John wants to leave this new world with Bernard, but he is not allowed to because it would impact the Mond’s experiment with John (Huxley 242). John ends up running away to an abandoned lighthouse to start a new life with no one around him (Huxley 245). John’s actions are to the point physical abuse towards himself because of his feelings (Huxley 250). Then Lenina shows up at John’s lighthouse, which causes John to rage and attack her (Huxley 257). In the end, John wakes up and was not happy with his decisions from the previous night so he decided to kill himself (Huxley
Soon enough Lucy wants more from John of being in there own house and living better. As John is away Lucy gets sick and eventually dies. John seems to think he need to find someone else to be with. He do not take any time of feeling sad about Lucy death. Even though the whole town is mad at him for being too quick about finding another wife he still does it. Show that John cannot be alone, he needs someone there with him as a guide. His new wife Hattie is just someone one he brought into his life, even though he knows she could never take Lucy place. John does whatever he wants, no matter what Hattie wants him to do or does not want him to do. John still has not matured because a responsible man and matured man do what they're supposed to do the right way. John seem to always want to be an a relationship but not really with someone he truly love. Hattie says “ Well if you do not want me you made lak yuh did.”(143). Showing he give signs that he need someone to be around him. Eventually John no longer want Hattie anymore and also hits her. He tries to be on his own for awhile to get his mind straight after all the drama and court dates with Hattie. John after a while goes right back to
When Bernard visited a “Savage Reservation” in Mexico he met an unlikely person of interest, Linda. Linda was a British women who had been injured and taken care of by the “Savages”, she had a child named John, who was the son of the director of the hatchery in London. In Linda’s current state she was ugly and broken, but she dreamed for the day of returning to London, to be away from the “Savages”. Her son John also, wished to venture to this “Brave New World” because he was an outcast in the village he grew up in since his mother was an outsider. And so, the beginning of Bernard’s transformation began.
This quote talks about how Bernard is discussing with ford about if he can bring back the Savages, but not because Linda lived in London before but for experiments on John. I chose this quote because I wondered why Bernard would be so cruel to another person, and make someone else's life miserable just so he can benefit from it. I feel like he should understand how it feels to be mistreated and not want that to happen to anyone else. But in my opinion I think he is getting himself and John into a bad situation with the society (100)
Bernard was an outcast in the beginning of the book. He is flawed in a “flawless” world. “Well…’ said Bernard, and hesitated. No, he really couldn’t deny it. ‘Why shouldn’t I be”, this quote proves that Bernard is an outcast because he hesitated. (Huxley, 184) Living in the World State it is uncommon to hesitate. Bernard did not fit into the standards of the World State and everyone knew it. Bernard did not like to participate in orgies, group activities, and he looked different from the other citizens, “‘He is so ugly!’ said Fanny. ‘But I rather like his looks.’ ‘And then so small.’ Fanny made a grimace; smallness was so horribly and typically low-caste.” (Huxley, 41) The above quote proves that Bernard was an outcast because he looked different from the others. Bernard is just like every human being he wants to fit in with everyone else.
In conclusion, Bernard is interested in pursuing his personal desires, instead of conforming to society because he doesn’t like the way society is and what it is restricting people from.
When John was led back into life in the futuristic society, he was mocked and treat as a strange attraction. He was at the awful end of a sick joke - people came from all over to understand this simple “savage” who has spent his life in curiously primitive manners. John was so poorly received, he went as far as wanting to commit
John taking his own life. Irony plays a big role in the novel, pointing out that no corrupted
In Brave New World Aldous Huxley, creates a dystopian society which is scientifically advance in order to make life orderly, easy, and free of trouble. This society is controlled by a World State who is not question. In this world life is manufactured and everyone is created with a purpose, never having the choice of free will. Huxley use of irony and tone bewilders readers by creating a world with puritanical social norms, which lacks love, privacy and were a false sense of happiness is instituted, making life meaningless and controlled.
But Bernard isn't so handsome as the rest of his caste as he should be. Bernard is often lonely, odd, and spoken minded. “They say he doesn't like obstacle golf… and then he spends most of time by himself—-alone.” (Huxley, 45) Bernard is basically an outsider and does notify into his society. This is all due because of a mistake that occurred to Bernard.
P144 "What should have been the crowning moment of Bernard's whole career had turned out to be the moment of his greatest humiliation." He had tried to elevate himself, to become accepted in a society that shunned him, by using the savage, but it had backfired and therefore the reader can sympathise. Not only had he lost the respect of his peers and fellow Alphas, but also he had lost the respect of someone who was, in many ways, so similar to him. Bernard can be pitied immensely for his ability to sense, see and appreciate things of beauty and as he could value and enjoy his
The movie well portrays the conflict between the couple while maintaining the different shades of grey in their character. Bernard was shown as an egoist, with narcissism and no sense of responsibility for his actions, but he was also shown having a vulnerable side of him. He lacked the capacity to contain emotions this frequently made him feel that others are being ‘difficult’. His inability to express his emotions was shown by his usage of words like - ‘comic timings’, ‘hurts my feelings’ and ‘it’s
Bernard Marx, one of the central characters who is an Alpha Plus but ashamed of his outlook. From his private thoughts, he has the desire to fight the system and become a popular person. His low self esteem makes him feel that he has the need to yell at the Epsilons to protect his dignity as an Alpha Plus. Even if Marx 's inner thoughts shows that he is a rebellious and indignant person, his actions show otherwise. Because of his unsatisfiable sexual desires and low self-esteem, he criticizes everyone. But the irony is that the ones he criticize are those he most desire to become. He loathes John for his barbaric characteristics. Yet, Marx has to use the "Savage" to maintain his popularity. Marx is trapped in a world which he tried so hard but failed to fit in. From his imagination, he fought his boss. But in reliality, he begged to not to be send to an island and blamed the fault to John and Watson. He critizes Lenina for taking soma. Yet, he
It is evident that Bernard and Lenina shift their attitudes after they meet the savage, John. Bernard gets a taste of power after bringing the savage home to London and becomes satisfied and happy as defined by Brave New World, a complete turnaround from his previous, almost American ideals. Lenina finds love and joy, as an American would define it after being content for so many years in the society of Brave New World. Before he finds the savage, Bernard is unhappy with his surroundings,
When Bernard is exiled to Iceland he is unhappy and decides to go the reservation even when told he shouldn’t. When in London his popularity increases and takes advantage of his new status. He used his new status to get to women, but those women were promised that they would get to meet John through knowing Bernard. Also with being exiled Bernard becomes more independent and individualized. “And then he spends most of his time by himself—alone." There was horror in Fanny's voice.”(pg 35) This is the beginning of where Bernard’s defining feature is a downfall and a virtue. It defines his virtue because it makes an individual to be alone. It’s also a downfall because it makes him insecure and manipulative to John.