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How Does Huxley Use Individualism In Brave New World

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Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World as a satire of a utopian future, never hesitating to call to question all that society holds dear: religion, love, freedom, and most importantly, individualism. Huxley incorporates this absence frequently in the novel to accentuate the importance of being an individual and having beliefs and values. The novel is centered around the loss of individualism and the belief that an individual is no longer their own person because they’re no longer an individual, or everyone belongs to everyone, as it is said in the book. From birth everyone is conditioned to be of their class, and those in that class are all the same, from the clothes, to the job, to the events attended. Huxley leads his characters into situations where the uniformity is consistently pointed not only to those characters but to the readers as well. This lack of individuality is revealed …show more content…

John comes to join this society hoping to learn and experience what is has to offer, but quickly realizes that it is no where he wishes to be. Since all individual thought is taken from society, what they are told is right is what they believe is right, but all the things they believe goes against what John knows. The society believes it is an inconveniences to feel anything other than happiness, and it is perfectly acceptable to be promiscuous, after all everyone belongs to everyone. But these are the opposite of what John has grown up knowing, he believes everyone should feel different emotions, that is their right, and that is wrong to be promiscuous as they are. It is these beliefs that led John to start his solitary life at the lighthouse. Huxley introduced John and lead him with these differing opinions to demonstrate the idea that one can stand alone with their beliefs, be an individual, and that it doesn’t make them wrong even though they are

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