Brave New World Essay Kayla Devine Being cut off from what you consider “home” can have multiple outcomes. Most people first experience the feeling of alienation, then come to the realization that their situation can also be viewed as enriching. In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley writes about a dystopian society where many characters are considered to be removed from their sense of home. Linda, being one of the characters who experiences this rift, perfectly represents both of the possible effects. Linda’s feeling of alienation initially begins when she is rescued by the savages and taken back to the reservation. As she begins living her life on the reservation, Linda realizes there is a major difference in the way she views relationships verses how the savages do. Huxley quotes Linda when she states “They said those men were their men” (page 126). She says this after being brutally beaten by women whose men had been sleeping with Linda. With Linda’s upbringing, this act of sleeping with multiple different men does not seem wrong to her, but the savages disagree and believe that her actions are immoral and she deserves to be punished. The hopeless tone the author creates through the detailed …show more content…
One of the benefits she gains from this experience is getting a taste of what it is like to be a mother. In her previous life at the Hatchery and Conditioning Center, being a mother was highly frowned upon, whereas on the reservation Linda has the chance to bond with her son in a mother-son relationship. On page 127, Huxley writes “put her arms round him and kissed him again and again”. Through the description of Linda's loving affection for her son, John, Huxley is able to depict how one may become enriched from experiencing a rift between them and their