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Freedom In Brave New World

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Brave New World really made people think about freedoms and what exactly is freedom. Throughout the book there are many examples of the cast of the story, a majority of which are John the Savage, Bernard Marx, and Helmholtz Watson, urging to become free from the society they lived in. Unfortunately, despite how they all felt about their own societies they really see how terrible it is on the other side. John dislikes the utopian society for being too conditioned and being sinful by his own society’s standards. While Bernard is repulsed by some of the things he sees at the Savage Reservation for going against his conditioning of sanitariness and polyamory. This contradiction between what the characters wanted and what they actually get serves …show more content…

No one freedom is preferable than another because the feeling of freedom is all subjective in the case of the “Brave New World” since society dictates the characters decisions and can even be argued to drive the plot of the overall story. Society has many rules and standards that a single individual cannot control. When a person grows up with a certain society's rules and standards they will be conditioned to follow those rules. For example, in other countries such as Mali, its society believes women should be married at an early age and should face genital mutilation. Meanwhile, in the United States, such acts are outlawed and hugely frowned upon. In the “Brave New World” John is not happy about his role in the reservation. He is mocked, ignored, and bored at the reservation for having his mother, Linda, born of a …show more content…

He wanted acceptance from his fellow alphas, he wanted authority, he wanted real happiness and freedom from society's rules and standards. Bernard got all of that when he brought back John to the World State and his entire situation changed. Bernard has finally been accepted into the society that has mocked him all his life he was free from the prejudice and standards of his society. However, he was never truly free since what he did was basically show how bad he wanted to be shaped and thought of as an excellent example of a World State citizen. According to Huxley, “And as it was only through Bernard, his accredited guardian, that John could be seen, Bernard now found himself, for the first time in his life, treated not merely normally, but as a person of outstanding importance.”(pg.156) The complete change of Bernard’s life from being a short-tempered, paranoid, sad man to after when he was happy and carefree, having more sex with more people which goes against his monogamy vibe from the beginning of the story. That all changed back in the end of “Brave New World” when his fame was cut short by John when he refused to go to the

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Brave New World is full of many characters who will do everything they can to avoid facing the truth about the truly broken society that they live in. Where they are held captive and convinced that how they live is the only way to achieve happiness. In chapter 7 you meet a boy named John, Bernard and Lenina take him from the savage reservation back to the utopia. John chooses to use Shakespeare as his way to avoid facing his truth and his broken past. Shakespeare plays a big role throughout this book, representing first, the art and ideas that are rejected by the Brave New World in the interest of maintaining stability.

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Everyone in the real world is ambiguous. In Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, three of his characters show realistic moral ambiguity. This concept is when an individual is not a clear protagonist or antagonist. These characters often fail to obey societal standards and lash out, painting them as antagonists; however, they also show love and real human needs, allowing the reader to empathize with them. Moral ambiguity is important because it shows humanity in fiction.

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As a result, he does not feel right participating in standard conventions of society. To make matters worse, his peers constantly scrutinize and insult him. They gossip that someone mistakenly “put alcohol into his blood surrogate” (Huxley 46). While this particular rumor may not be true, Bernard’s physical abnormality certainly is. His appearance causes a physical drift between him and his co workers, eventually leading to a mental one.

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Bernard is having a identity crisis and does not truly understand who he is. He was born as an alpha on the top caste list, yet he defies society and rejects the shallow ways of life that come with it. Bernard's hatred towards the world’s states reveals a deeper issue: internal conflict within himself. This all stems from his inferiority complex and feeling of utter isolation, which turns into hatred and almost insecurity. I am not implying that there is no problem with the world state, and Bernard’s refusal to accept is merely a projection of his internal issues, but the point remains.

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This is made clear as Bernard showcases the advanced civilization to John and John seems either unimpressed or confused about the whole situation. This is exemplified when John visits both the library and the Television Corporation factory as the savage learns about daily soma rations of the lower castes and the absence of Shakespeare in the World State. (Pg 164-165). As John continues to explore the world around him it is made very clear that he dislikes and is simply a square peg trying to fit into a circular hole, though John isn’t really trying to fit in moreover just blindly following others direction. This becomes clear to John as Bernard begins parading him around at parties as some kind of entertainment and after finally rejecting to go to one of Bernard's party the reader can see how much John is simply a tool that Bernard is using for his own social gain.

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