A Radical Shift In Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World

John's life seemed to be one major drama after another; he didn't have a good male role model as a kid, and it seems he never was able to get on track. What was amazing about his life was the number of problems that he seemed to get into and how he wriggled out of them (with the help of a friendly person who just happened to meet him) only to run into more problems.

In Aldous Huxley’s novel a Brave New World, published in 1931, there are several attacks on society. Throughout this essay it will be seen what these problems were and if they were fixed. If the problems were fixed, it must be determined when they were. The primary focus is to answer whether we have changed for the better, women’s role in society and the social classes. In the end it will be obvious that a perfect society is impossible but we have made improvement.

John's character development begins when he is first shown to be very distrustful of people he thinks are

“When you know the truth it will drive you insane”. The quote by Aldous Huxley perfectly encapsulates what happened to the character John throughout Brave New World. John idolizes the World State and always has wanted to go there. Since he has lived on a savage reservation his whole life he’s never known the luxuries such as “soma” and “feelies”. John has evolved a great deal throughout Brave New World, he started naive and hopeful, became skeptical of the World State’s greatness, and ended depressed and angry.

He was an outsider who did not conform to World Society standards. John went through many internal conflicts dealing with his morals and desire that cause him to “lose” his identity, and eventually his

The New World consistently caused discomfort and exasperation, leading him to flee to the outside boundaries of the World State to live in seclusion. Though he made an escape, his peace of mind was only temporary. Due to the rarity of an individual like John, he was constantly being watched, listened to, and harassed, even in seclusion. Only making it easier for him to spiral further and further into his loss of sanity. After countless encounters and severe self-punishment, very little is keeping him and his sanity composed.

Exile is when a person is isolated from his/her native country or home. Sometimes it's considered to be a way of alienating someone but sometimes it could be considered to be enriching. In the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley John the Savage experiences exile as both alienating and enriching. He was born on the Savage Reservation and his mother Linda was rejected and criticized because of her sexual freedom. Due to his mother’s isolation John did not feel as though he was accepted by other savages in the reservation. As an adolescent he was refused to participate in the Native American ritual, a ritual that would allow him to enter the adult Indian society. He asks, “why wouldn’t they let me be the sacrifice?”(pg.116). He asks this question not understanding why his own people were denying him. After his rejection he goes into the wilderness and tortures himself in order to enter adulthood. This is one of many ways his society kept him from being a normal kid.

This specific quote tells us from the beginning what John’s character is like and how his behavior is around people. It shows us that he is not a delinquent and is a very humble human being even through all the obstacles he went through as a teenager. The quote is showing us a sign of what the conflict might be

John experiences exile on three occasions during Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World. During each exile, his lifestyle contradicts the morals, ideas, and behaviors of the Savage Reservation and the World State.

To start off with, John travelled into a forbidden area and he started seeing much more then he was supposed to see and that is when he started losing fear. In the story it states, “The north and the west and the south are good hunting ground, but it is forbidden to go east. It is forbidden to go to any of the Dead Places except to search for metal […] These are the rules and the laws; they are well made. It is forbidden

The major development seen in John’s character takes place near the end of the story, as he seeks a more pure life in a remote location. John feels as though he’s been poisoned by this new civilization “I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then, I ate my own wickedness.” (241). He wants to not only live a noble life, but to make this life on his own, so chooses an abandoned lighthouse, far enough away from the disaster of a community he views Brave New World as a negative place with negative ideas. This is a major change from the identity he showed before being poisoned by this civilization, but once again he stays true to his values by leading this new life on his own. John’s strong moral values prove to be the one constant in his character.

In a last attempt to change society, John halted a soma distribution by throwing the rations out of a window. "But do you like being slaves?" John didn't understand because he didn't have the same upbringing or beliefs as the rest of the people. Before long John had become a hermit, secluded in an abandoned lighthouse. "After all, it was not to sing and enjoy himself that he had come here. It was to escape further contamination by the filth of civilized life; it was to be purified and made good; it was to actively make amends." To keep himself focused and away from

“O brave new world that has such people in it. Let’s start at once” (Huxley 139). It’s evident John was rather excited about this journey and not in the least bit concerned with leaving his homeland. As stated before, John has experienced his own sense of exile from a very early age. “Alone, always alone,” he told Bernard. “Do you know, they shut me out of absolutely everything?” (Huxley 137) He was hurt from all of the years of being left out, and saw this as an opportunity for change. Upon arrival, and after falling on his knees before his father, “...all upper caste London was wild to see this delicious creature…” (Huxley 153). He was seen as a celebrity to all of London simply because he was the Director's son. This abrupt fame provided John with a sense of importance that he had longed for, for his whole life. He was actually liked and wanted, especially By Lenina. “I shall be seeing him, talking to him, telling him...that I like

Isolation is an important factor in the story because it creates an inevitable prison of detachment and despair that John has no way of escaping. John does not feel at home with the rest of the few Englishmen living in Burma because of their bigotry, yet he does not fit in with the

John dwells not within the society of Malpais, which rejects him for his heritage, nor within London, which rejects him for his misguided idealism. Instead, John finds sanctum in what he learns from Shakespearean literature. The rift developed between John and his birthplace on the savage reservation represents his exile from a “normal” society to the World State 's, “perfect” society. John 's unwillingness to be with