Isolation In Brave New World And The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

At school when lunch time comes around, everyone disperses into their cliques, but not everyone belongs to a group. There is always a table at the corner of the cafeteria waiting to be occupied by the same student, and only him. Unfortunately, he is not the only one because there are many corners in cafeterias, leaving space for the lonely ones. Isolation is becoming quite common in the modern world; and is evident in the novels “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, and “The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Isolation is not a foreign topic in today’s society, and sadly that’s the problem. More and more people are feeling rejected by others for many reasons, whether it be their race, stereotypes, their economic status, or even the clothes

John is the son of a New World citizen, but was born and raised in the Savage Reservation, also known as New Mexico. In the New World, families do not exist and the act of him being born is already seen as a sin and even more that he was raised in tribal customs. His mother, Linda, attempted to raise him with the only knowledge she knew which was that of her occupation and reading. Yet, because she was already conditioned to the way of life in the New World, that is all she knew when arriving to New Mexico and this caused John to be isolated his entire life. The primary guideline is the New World is to not get attached to a person romantically because everyone should be free to be with whomever they desire. Unfortunately for Linda, this does not apply to the entire world and she still practiced this in the Savage Reservation, ultimately causing tension. As stated in a critical evaluation by Keith Nelson, titled Brave New World, John is familiar with “the pain of loneliness, having been ostracized by the natives because of his light skin and his mother’s loose morals” (Nelson 1). Not only did boys his age make fun of him for his mother’s behavior, his skin color, but they also isolated him due to his clothes. Since Linda was never taught to mend or sew, when John’s clothes tore he was ultimately forced to wear it that way and the boys his age “laughed at him for being so ragged” (Huxley 87). The constant isolation did not end in his childhood but rather progressed into his adult life. Being raised in New Mexico, John became accustomed to the rituals that must be performed at various stages in life and the most important being going down into the Antelope Kiva for a day and come out considered men. When John became of age, he felt entitled to this ritual and as the other males his age proceeded down to the kiva, one of the men guarding the entrance pulled him away and another threw stones at him. And