John's Exile 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

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

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

As John was a child he suffered from pain through his mother’s actions with the men of Malpais and he looked different from others, but wasn’t focused on because of his mother being very promiscuous. “The bruises hurt him, the cuts were still bleeding; but it was not for the pain that he sobbed; it was because he was all alone, because he had been driven out, alone, into this skeleton world of rocks and moonlight.”, (Pg. 136). John was exiled emotionally from others from his mother having relations with many men, word gets around fast in a group when things happen like that. He remained positive through the hurt and created this type of world for himself to surround himself with when the world he is present on is not enough.

In a futuristic utopian society in which people are grown as nearly identical embryos in bottles, finding someone who is a complete outcast from the rest of society is rare. In Brave New World, the author, Aldous Huxley, makes John an exception. Isolated, disengaged, and rejected, John is truthfully not apart of the “civilized” World State culture or the “savage” Indian culture. Being the only person in the book not born in a laboratory, John additionally stands to represent a unique human being whose identity and family relationships violate all the other’s societal ideals. His experience with exile was alienating for his relationships with people yet enriching, at times, for his self expression.

His father beat him and his mother had some type of mental illness that made everything worse. His Asperger’s helped him during these times because it allowed him to focus on one thing he loved, machines. He was exceptionally good at building machines, but his parents never recognized that “‘[John] was great’. No one except my grandparents had ever called me that before” (Robison 67). This shows a lot about the relationship John had with his parents.

John’s mental stability affected his life adversely on several occasions. “It wasn’t just the war that made

The moral and psychological aspects of A Brave New World is what encompasses the reactions, adjustments, and ultimate rejections of the main character’s personality and himself in general. John’s epiphany occurred when he moved from New Mexico to London which is exemplified through his reaction, adjustments, and his eventual rejection of civilization; therefore it illuminates the theme of individuality resisting conformity.

Could you imagine all the difficulties one must face when they have been exiled? All the hardships as well as finding a place to belong? A lot can happen from one’s banishment, including one’s alienation along with enrichment, which is one of the many underlying topics of Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”. Part of the story follows a character named John, and his experiences from being exiled, including the up’s and the down’s.

He then leaves this lifestyle and tries to go back to his old savagery ways. Overall, his constant strive for pureness and happiness ends up being his hamartia. After struggling to rebel against this civilizations morals, John submits to these values by taking soma and participating in an orgy. The fact that John goes against his own morals proves that John was unable to succeed in finding his own happiness. He constantly struggled with his individuality and at the end of it all, he loses himself to this society and sadly does not change the society in any way.

First of all, being the son of a woman who belonged outside the Reservation was already a problem. John who admired the rituals and tradition by the Indian tribes was excluded from participating in them. He wasn't that strong of a man to carry on what they expected from him such as hunting, or self-harm. Knowing the approbation wasn't there led him to leave with hopes that the Brave New World would be high in diversity;and to be received with open arms from his father and society. As much as John does not belong in the Reservation he is convinced that it's home.

John’s actions create many conflicts with the people of this new world. “The noise of the prodigious slap which her departure was accelerated was like a pistol shot,” Huxley, Aldous, 195). In this quote John abused Lenina by hitting her extremely hard and causes her to be afraid of him. Although Lenina was coming on way too fast, he didn’t need to hit her. Another conflict that he creates in the new society is with the other people in this society. John’s actions had gone extremely far when he interrupts the rationing of Soma by yelling, “Don’t take that horrible stuff. It’s poison, it’s poison.” (Huxley, Aldous, 211). During this time he then also “... pushing open a window that looked on to the inner court of the Hospital, he began

John was a young boy who dreamed bright He hoped, he wished, he prayed day and night To become what he desired the most, a victorious knight Fortunately for the young boy, his dream was fulfilled He learned about a knight’s duties, and he became skilled He ventured into battles, hundreds got killed Fighting for his king, drawing out a silver sword

The exile of John led to both good, and tragic things. John discovered himself in the place where he was forbidden and discovered that his people were living a lie. This is a good discovery so for his people to learn that they need to not believe in fake gods and move on to a better life that was destroyed. John is going to have to pay a price for this tho, because he is going to set his people free but for the price of being imprisoned or even killed for his actions of disobeying the law of his people. His family will be in dishonor. Johns exile helps his people move forward but for the price of

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