Civilized Society In Brave New World

In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, John’s identities are influenced by two opposite societies, and even though he tries to prove his manhood and change the framework of brave new world, he can’t gain real acceptance from anywhere. John’s mother, Linda, is from the brave new world but gave birth to him in the savage reservation and her different behaviors based on the framework of the brave new world caused John’s isolation in the savage reservation. John decides to move to the brave new world and becomes popular in this society, but his identity, influenced by his “savage” culture, can’t be accepted by the community. His conflict with the brave new world finally forces him to try to change the framework of the society, but his attempt is

In Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, Huxley creates a futuristic world governed by conformity and submission to society. Citizens of this World State are conditioned to follow a set lifestyle determined at birth in order to create a stable civilization. However, there is still some form of individuality in each person, specifically in the characters Bernard, Lenina, and Linda. Within each of these characters, their difference in personality does not fit the norms of society, and they therefore try to suppress their own traits with unique methods such as soma. In times of sadness and despair, Bernard, Lenina, and Linda each give up a part of their own individuality and ideology, sticking to the

Cursed to a life of isolation because of his appearance, values, and outrageous thoughts, John was alienated mentally, emotionally, and physically in both the Savage Culture and the World State Culture. Torn between keeping true to his virtues and conforming to society, the treatment of John highlights the values of both cultures in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

The short story ‘Harrison Bergeron’, Written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and the novel ‘The Giver’ by Lois Lowry both share a theme of forced equality and uniformity. Both stories take place in dystopian worlds. Woven throughout both of the stories are, authority is forcing egalitarianism onto citizens because they want an indefectible civilization. In the short story Harrison Bergeron, the world is ruled by Handicap General were in The Giver the world is ruled by the Elders, so that the community would be equal. But in both stories the protagonist goes against the community to break the peace and gain freedom and demonstrates how the authority always doesn’t know the best.

In the Brave New World, people who are different from the normal standard are alienated and isolated from society because of their individuality. The society of the Brave New World is structured and ordered – the government attempts to control everything. Alienation in the Brave New World can be categorized into three areas, appearance, intellect, and morals.

Since the beginning of modern civilization, people have fantasized about a world without conflict, disease, aging, and violence. In Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel, Brave New World, the protagonist John the Savage travels from the Savage Reservations to a completely new society in which people are being controlled by the government. Once there, he realizes that he cannot exist in this strange place because the people lack humanity and genuine happiness. In the novel, Huxley reveals that true happiness depends upon the ability to confront and experience a wide range of emotions, both adverse and favorable.

Over the years the Government or some other authoritative figure have tried to shape society into what they think is best. This quite often backfires due to an eventual difference in views or ideas. In trying to make an equal society any uniqueness or individuality is condemned. Comments drawn from these two works, “1984 by George Orwall” and “Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.” will show a comparison of how a government’s attempt to create a perfect society can go wrong and how an official can change the people with in a country through physical force into obeying.

Equality is pushed upon each citizen. But with this equality, comes aforementioned characteristics: submission, hopelessness, detachedness, conformity, and isolation. Superiority is punished. As written in chapter I, "It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them" (21). In this way, uniqueness is repressed when it should be

The characters Ayn Rand’s “Anthem” and Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” live their lives being brainwashed. The two novels demonstrate corrupted societies that have taken away freedom, the ability to be unique, and the ability to express opinions due to the government. The people of both these societies have to act a certain way and cannot show any form of individuality. Both novels include the theme of viewing society as more important than the people. That is how the characters are raised, including the protagonists. The protagonists in both stories begin to express their uniqueness and stand out from others, which leads them to creating their own society.

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.

Society tricks the Savage by making him believe that he is free and able to do whatever he wants when in reality, he was not granted these liberties. John is shown what makes the society “civilized” and what makes the society work, but he doesn’t agree with any of their methods. However, when John asks Mond if he can go to the islands with his friends, Mond refuses to let him because he says that John needs to stay for experimentation. He is trapped

The government within the novel Brave New World goes to extreme measures to legitimize itself. It’s most extreme form of legitimization is going to great lengths to create significant class divides amongst its citizens. From the beginning of an individual’s life within this society their embryo is exposed to different genetic enhancers and more or less oxygen depending on where they are supposed to be in the caste system. Later on, as infants, certain castes are taught to dislike and fear certain things. The government even goes to the lengths of sleep hypnosis to ensure the divide amongst individuals in society.

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.

Similarly, Huxley’s Brave New World depicts a government in total control doing all that it can to keep power over the people. From childhood, citizens in this society are conditioned to be perfect tools of the government. On page 22 of Brave New World, the Controller explains how babies are conditioned to hate and fear books and flowers, so as to destroy curiousity and promote work (Huxley 22). If people are formed in such a way where work and lesiure is all they know and love, deviance cannot occur. Also, ever before birth, citizens are forced into predetermined castes through chemical alterations. Early on in the novel, Henery tells Lenina, “And if you were an Epsilon, your conditioning would have made you no less thankful that you weren’t a Beta or an Alpha” (Huxley 74). Regardless of their caste, members of this world are okay with their situation because they are taught to love their position, no matter how degrading it can be. Much like The Party, Brave New World’s government takes special care to remove those who defy set rules and expectations. When explaining the islands to Hemholtz, the Controller says they are for “All of the people who, for one reason or another, have got too self-consciously individual to fit into community life” (Huxley 227). In order to preserve perfect obedient, society, the government eliminates the deviant by shipping them far away. The

Language of the modern world defines only the things which belong to the modern world, and this language does not have any right to define any man who comes from outside the territory of modernism. Queequeg is as much of a human as anyone of the so called ‘civilized’ world. He is a person on his own virtues. He is defined by his own language and his background. He is simple and kind-hearted. He shows us that a person does not need to be as complex as the humans in the ‘civil’ world to communicate his humanity to others. Underneath the skin we all have the same red flesh and blood.