Conformity In Brave New World

George Orwell’s political parable, 1984, portrays an oppressive and dictatorial government, which thereby presents to the reader a palpable sense of danger and malevolence born out of the creation of a counter utopic totalitarian regime. Orwell’s nihilistic creation of Oceania, presents a world wherein every aspect of private and public life is abhorrently regimented and regulated by the autocratic ‘Big Brother’. The whole population at large is forced to conform to the ideals and beliefs of the tyrannical ‘party’ as a means of not only survival but also a means of being able to live an unabated existence. The party opposes all forms of individuality and

Aldous Huxley uses the viewpoint of an outsider, or Savage, to give the reader different perspectives of his dystopian world in Brave New World. After traveling to the World State from the reservation, John (the savage) disagrees with the lack of intimacy, the lack of morality, and the lack of free will that he witnesses there, which shows the reader a very different side of the World State. These imperfections, along with many other factors, cause John to plunge into insanity and eventually commit suicide.

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

Many individuals is faced with the decision of conforming or choosing personal desire, and it is not an easy decision. It is hard because being shunned by others for being different is not a good feeling. Choosing to conform over personal desire, often leads to loss. On the other hand, personal desire is what sets others apart and gives them joy. In the poem, “The Jackhammer Syndrome”, Al Purdy discusses the good and bad memories he has experienced. He goes through his memories of when he had fun and made mistakes, but he reflects on what he could have done better. The author of “The Jackhammer Syndrome informs against choosing the welcoming joy of conformity over the long-term gains of personal desire. Making the decision to pursue conformity over personal desire may seem easy at first, but if the choice is to conform, the joy it gives will not last. Making the decision to pursue conformity over personal desire Conformity may seem to give joy at first, but it does not last. When Al is playing pool with his brother, he wants to win badly, but losses. However when he did not care to win, Al wins! Conforming can lead to loss but personal desire has much to gain. If the choice is to conform, personal identity may be lost. In my life, I recognize several instances in which I found several similarities between Al and myself. I have made decisions that were not always good ones such as swimming across long distances with friends.

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.

Conformity wouldn’t be so bad if what there was to conform to was positive. In this great land of the free and home of the Big Mac, forgive me for not putting my admiration or faith into the general public. The society we live in is built on hate and oppression. It dates back all the way to the genocide of the native population by the European invaders----excuse me, “settlers” that allowed this country to be established in the first place, and the slavery that allowed this country’s economy to start up and prosper. Institutionalized racism continues to be prevalent in everyday life; articles on police brutality from twenty years ago might as well have been written last week. Ethnic minorities are targeted and shot down in the streets; young

Aldous Huxley creates a futuristic utopian society in his novel, “Brave New World”. Individuals have little to no freedoms, and are conditioned not question their superiors from birth to adulthood. Jobs are predetermined before birth as is being taught to belong to one another. John the Savage, however, provides an insight on this society told from an outsider perspective. Being born from a nonnative mother is unfortunate, as the civilization he belongs to heavily punishes those nonnatives, such as not being able to hunt as a group. John was born and grows up as a nobody with no one to talk to besides his mother, Linda. Shoved into the New World, John continues to realize he struggles to fit in the general population and experiences alienation

The novel Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley’s, is an extremely controversial book .It encourages sexuality, drugs and suicide and its filled of people who give more importance to material things. It makes sense why people capable of deep thought ;like John, may feel like they don’t fit in. John is the only major character to have grown up outside of the World State. He is a outcast in modern society and has spent his life alienated from his village on the New Mexico Savage Reservation. In the World State he is seen as different because he has “feelings” that no one is suppose to have because his entire worldview is based on his knowledge of Shakespeare’s plays.

They’re well off; they’re safe; they’re never ill; they’re not afraid of death; they’re blissfully ignorant of passion and old age; they’re plagued with no mothers or fathers; they’ve got no wives, or children, or lovers to feel strongly about; they’re so conditioned that they practically can’t help behaving as they ought to behave (Huxley, Brave 183). John the Savage, who represents the second view of the outsiders, is convinced that people lost a lot of basic human qualities, so at the end of the novel he expresses his dissatisfaction and anger by

A society created around the thought of peace and everyone being happy is hard to imagine, In A Brave New World, Aldous Huxley has created a dystopian society in which almost everyone is happy and almost everyone is made just how he or she were intended to be. In A Brave New World, John The Savage has come to a part of the world he is not familiar with. This society is very different from the society he is use to; this dystopian society has mass-produced humans, so that everyone who is doing the same job is identical in appearance and skill level. John The Savage learns the hardships of being different and not quite understanding the World State’s way of living as the book progresses. In Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel A Brave New World,

In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a novel that takes place in England, in which the theme of savage John versus civilisation is explored. The Savage becomes the central character born an outsider from the Indian's reservation. He discovered by Bernard and Lenina on their trip to the savage reservation. Huxley used John as a contrasting character within the novel. He represents humanity, provoking thought when compared to the Brave New World as a whole.

In the passage “A Brave New World,” by Adam Huxley, John the Savage experiences exile when he travels to the civilized world with Bernard Marx. While John is in the civilized world, the separation from his homeland causes him to have alienating experiences. John is seen as an outcast in the civilized world due to his refusal to participate in customs and events that are normal to the citizens. His refusal of protest also makes him appear as an odd person to the citizens, due to the citizens viewing protest as normal. All this makes john feel alienated in the new world.

In the book “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, there is a character in the book who was named John. He was technically one of the “civilized folk” but was living among the “savages” who populated the reservation. He was brought back to civilization with Bernard and Lenina, but was treated more as a freak show rather than an actual human. He was an oddity, something to gawk at or wonder at. Even when he lived among the savages, he was ostracized by them, because he was not the same as them.

Whilst conformity can be perceived as order and fitting in, it also has plentiful consequences of control and coercion which inhibits free thought and self-expression. Ultimately, choosing to challenge conformity can be a dangerous experience, however there is the possibility of greater freedom to pursue one’s life with individuality and purpose. ‘The Gathering’ by Isobelle Carmody represents the power of conformity through the characters and how they choose not to conform and ‘Dead Poets Society’ by Peter Weir shows the characters challenging conformity. Both texts show the consequences of conformity and non-conformity. ‘The Gathering’ by Isobelle Carmody conveys the message of conformity clearly, illustrating that whilst conformity has consequences