Character Development in Brave New World

In Brave New World Huxley creates a society which is carefully balanced, and the two factors that maintain the balance are reproduction and production. The reproduction aspect comes from the government's control over the creation of people, and breeding them to fulfil particular purposes and

            Before launching into the implications of these two novels, I believe a summary of the general human experience in each of the two societies is necessary. Brave New World illustrates a society in which science has been elevated to a god-like position. In this novel, human

During the 1930s, the times of World War II and the Great Depression, Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World. There were several issues going on in Huxley’s time that are still present in today's world . Huxley features some of these problems in his book, Brave New World. These problems include drug or medicine usage, women and gender inequality, and traditional marriage/homosexuality. Since this book was written during the times of the Great Depression and World War II, these factors also contributed to some of these issues. Since World War II and the Great Depression are over, these do not affect the problems today. Although some of these problems are still a problem in today's world and society, they are not as much of a problem as they were during Huxley's time.

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.

Aldous Huxley and Ursula Le Guin to understand why Brave New World and The Ones Who

It is commonly said, as well as believed, that change is inevitable. It is bound to happen, whether we choose to believe in this concept or not. An excellent example of change, change of character specifically, would be Eliezer Wiesel in his book Night. He wrote about his time in concentration camps, and the traumatizing experiences he went through, some of which most people can’t even begin to imagine. His mentality changed and developed more and more as the book progressed, he has clearly changed from the once religious and faith-based boy, into an anguished and desolate man.

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

John goes through several decisions that will eventually destroy his confessions and sends him through a transformation of character. After having this transformation he then receives his identity back after having an affair with Abigail. Once he has done this his faith builds back up and then he realized that the only way he can save himself from pure evil is to hold back on lying to save his life. After he gives up his life to save his spirits within he then decides to tear apart his signed confession for a couple different reasons.

Huxley uses contrast to reveal distinctive features of a character. In his famous novel, Brave New World, the protagonist, Bernard Marx, is revealed to the reader through various contrasting characters. Bernard is an atypical Alpha Plus male in the Society. For example, he is physically different from Helmholtz Watson and Henry Foster; he and Helmholtz also contrast personality-wise; and the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning (the DHC) is not only the professional foil of Bernard, but also has a different mindset than him. Firstly, Bernard's physical appearance is quite different from other Alpha Plus males.

Lenina falls into the stereotypical person from the society. She constantly repeats many of the hypnopædic phrases that she was conditioned to know. For instance, when she is having her conversation with Henry about the Epsilons she states, “I suppose Epsilons don’t really mind being Epsilons…” and then after a bit of explanation, “…Everybody’s happy now,” (74-75). This shows that even though a little thought was put into what she said, Lenina still uses her hypnopædic training as a basis for everything. Another example of this is when she continuously repeats, “A gramme is better than a damn,” (116). This is one of the hypnopædic thoughts that are popular amongst everyone and seem to be a reaction when the word damn is used. So while Lenina can think for herself and make her own ideas about things, the hypnopædic suggestions provide a basis for her actions that she makes throughout the story like taking soma whenever she’s bored and when she wants to get away.

In the novel, Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, the author uses many literary

In the novel "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley creates a utopia world, where people live in a society with the motto of community, identity, and stability. In this novel, human are created in test-tubes. Taking soma to fix human problems and having multiple sexual relationship with different partners are considered as progress of civilization. From my opinion, throughout this novel, there are various contradictions among the characters. Huxley creates many characters who stuggle from their own values and the World States ' values.

This again shows Lenina's attempt to escape from the harsh reality of her brainwashed society. All the times that Lenina resorts to soma use, it is due to a recognition that her life and world are not perfect and in control, but rather full of people who have no grasp on real freedom and control. Though she does not directly fight the power that dominates society, her apperception of the problem exhibits a greater intelligence and understanding of the Brave New World.

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Lenina’s nurture exemplifies a product of her society’s ideals for stability, but Lenina naturally possesses an unconditioned desire for emotional attachment. She could go about her promiscuous lifestyle and satisfy herself with anyone at any time, yet chooses to exclusively date a man named Henry Foster. In the world she lives in however, her behavior is considered very bizarre, and the moment she is criticized, she “blushed scarlet; but her eyes, the tone of her voice remained defiant. […] ‘[I] don’t see why there should have been [anyone else]’ (Huxley 54). Lenina instinctively defies her social construct that encourages people to be emotionally detached through their nurture so that they “satisfy their sexual needs while carrying on emotionally