Human Perspective In Brave New World

A person’s perspective can either create a new outlook on life or destroy it completely. It creates their knowledge allowing them to understand the world around them. Yet, limiting them to one idea. In the novel ‘’Brave New World’’ Huxley explores the idea of human perspective and how much power it holds on someone’s mind. Lenina, one of main protagonist in ‘’Brave New World’’ is created as human puppet forced to consume tablets that limit her emotions , thought and actions; however through events in the novel she begins to question her implanted ideas and venture into a new perspective of life. Similarly, in the play ‘’ Arcadia’’ Stoppard ventures through a character named Thomasina who from birth is subjected

Lenina, already from birth is brought into a world run by a higher power that creates artificial humans to complete certain task. With no issue or sense of danger, while on the job. "And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue-liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny." (Huxley 16). The people in the novel are taught to hate nature, love and parents. As it could influence them to go against the state, changing their perspective. When given any moment of spare time, the people are taught to consume soma, a tablet that allows its user to sleep while feeling a high. Lenina has been pre-programmed to enjoy single repetitive task, consuming soma when she begins to think. In addition never questioning why she does what she does, also being promiscuous. Until she meets Bernard. Her sexual attraction to Bernard is momentarily in the novel; however the time he spends with her influences her perspective of what she’s known all her life. As the novel progresses, they go on a date, where Bernard hovers his helicopter over the sea to watch the moonlight in doing so leaving him time to question lenina free will . “Yes, 'everybody’s happy nowadays.' We begin giving the children that at five. But wouldn't you like to be free to be happy in some other

She is genius beyond proportion, her mathematical understanding and law of thermodynamics is unseen in her time. Her era is presented when women were seen as house wife, no more no less; however her intelligence allows her to break limits. But yet she is driven for the desire of understanding sexual knowledge. Thomasina curiosity of sexual knowledge allows her to push aside scientific knowledge as her understanding of the way life functions. And embrace her sexual desire as the key to open endless possibilities. The first evidence is presented, as she asks Septimus her tutor carnal embrace.’’ Thomasina: Septimus, what is carnal embrace? Septimus: Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one's arms around a side of beef’’. (Stoppard 1.1). Septimus allows her to see beyond what most girls her would know. Bringing about her interest of sexual knowledge. Septimus resembles a key, and Thomasina a lock. The more time she spends with him the more the lock is open to her mind. Likewise, in ‘’Brave New World’’ both lenina and Thomasina have been influenced by other characters to see different perspectives allowing them to discover who they really are. In addition how emotions and certain events causes a person to think whether or not what they’ve known all their lives was the only thing to know. Thomasina understanding of sexual knowledge is again portrayed in her explanation rice pudding. She