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John's Death In Brave New World

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In chapter 10, the D.H.C states " murder only kills the individual - what is an individual anyway?" The individual is not acknowledged as existing, however, John's act allows him to have complete control over his individuality. His demise is not formulated in the Predestination Room, but rather by his own action. Additionally, the reader may experience a sense of "hope" as a result of John's suicide. John will no longer suffer from the prying eyes of society. He is once "and for all able to experience peace through his act of suicide. John's death is a crushing indictment against what our future descendants have made of our world - the "brave new world," as John ironically alludes to it. Having indulged in what characterizes this world, John …show more content…

Mustapha Mond makes clear the power of the World State to resist any stabilizing force. But John is also held back by his own destructive tendencies toward violence and self-loathing. Although John despises conditioning, Huxley reveals that John has been conditioned, too. Because of the terrible conditions of his life in Malpais, John associates sex with humiliation and pain and character with suffering, and this destructive view gains further power in John's response to the poetry of …show more content…

They refuse to accept the changes and can’t agree with any criticisms against the community. Even though John’s talk with Mustapha Mond proves that he is right, the community can’s accept his values, because all changes including real art, science and religion are all dangerous for society’s purpose – stability. Pain and punishment gives him the freedom to prove his manhood and value. Unfortunately, the best time of his life ends when someone reports his reactions. Numerous citizens come to his new home and view him as a buffoon. His inner peace is destroyed by their ridicule because their reactions show that they can’t accept his beliefs, which finally leads him to die after Lenina’s coming. The way he dies illustrates his fate again. “The feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, east, south-east…” (259) Huxley used this ending to present his misfortune. Although he is influenced by two societies, there is no real place which accepts

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