Exile In Brave New World

We all deal with alienation, both internal and external, throughout our lives: it is an unavoidable condition that universally afflicts all humans. However, oftentimes we can alienate ourselves from other people more than is necessary, putting a divide between us and the rest of humanity by no fault but our own. Both John and Amir in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner face great internal struggles with alienation throughout their whole lives, many times making things worse for themselves than is needed, and forging their characters by fire; yet the natures of their hardships are inherently different, leading the protagonists down two disparate paths: one to personal triumph and the other to tragedy.

Brave New World, Aldous Huxley’s most famous novel, and other similar pieces of literature, focus on a dystopian society where “progress” no longer benefits the the people. Instead, it oppresses them, they are subjugated to the will of the society for the benefit of those at the top of that social system. Those whose only goal is to perpetuate themselves. Individuals within that system whose actions and beliefs match the will of the society are know as being orthodox, while those who don’t fit into the rigid hierarchy established by the society are considered outsiders, who must be forced back into line. Huxley saw this occurring in his society and it has grown even more dramatic today. In order to illustrate his pessimistic thoughts on the trends of society, Huxley created a series of outsiders, primarily Bernard Marx, Mustafa Mond, Helmholtz Watson, John the Savage, and Linda, and uses them to demonstrate how the system uses various methods, chiefly, conditioning and the power of institutions to force the outsiders back into Orthodoxy even to the expense of their lives.

From reading the novel called "Brave New World" by Huxley, John the savage is a character that has been mostly isolated in throughout the chapters. What this mean is that he has been separated from people, a place, including himself. But why does he do that for? He isolated himself from the people of a village in the reservation when they all have knowledge of rituals, morals, and values to learn from, he does not want to live and be a part in the world state where he can have anything he wants and lastly he decided isolated from himself. Just ask yourself on why would John isolate from all these things that will benefit him of more knowledge, get the things that he wants, and be himself?

In Brave New World, Huxley utilizes characterization, motifs, and symbols to show that the pursuit of “success” as a whole comes with consequences because there is no value placed upon being an individual. The World State does what it sees as best for society to function in a systematic manner and achieve collective “success”; however, their effort to achieve this utopia fails.

In the book Brave New World by Aldous Leonard Huxley, there are many topics covered about the world, freedom, and men. One of the topics discussed is the theory of evolution. There are many arguments presented about how the world and people evolved. There are different arguments created by creationists and evolutionists. For the creationists, everything is created by a creator such as God and that matter was formed by him to create the earth and even people on earth as well as other creatures in the universe. On the other hand, the evolutionists do not believe in creation, and they argue that everything evolved from their old forms to their new forms now. Another topic presented is the discussion about freedom which evolutionists believed not to exist since matter is not free and it is governed by laws of nature and that includes people and all living things and non-living things in the whole universe. However, creationists would tell otherwise. This proves that evolutionists and creationists have a different perspective in how all things are formed and how they are going to be.

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

Truth lies within the hackneyed phrase that ignorance is bliss. When one is unaware of a bad circumstance, it will not get in her way. Yet, this human longing for bliss and perfection has caused society to increase its unconsciousness in a way that is so contrived that the shortcomings of modern society were able to be accurately predicted by the prescient and bright Aldous Huxley in 1932 in his novel, Brave New World. While the society he described strived for bliss, it descended into ignorance, and, in contradistinction to Aristotle's Theory of Identity, only shallow happiness was ultimately found. Although Huxley's Brave New World depicts a veneer of happiness, the busy and detached lifestyles of its citizens are revealed to be inconsequential.

How are minds manipulated by outside sources such as the media, government, or peers? Is this a good or bad thing? After reading “Brave New World” you would definitely consider this as a bad thing. The book includes a lot of immoral acts by a lot of the characters. Being manipulated by the “World State” is a very bad.

Created as a prediction of our destiny, Brave New World begins in 2540 London, nearly 550 years in the future. Catholicism’s Cross has been replaced by the T model. invented by the late Henry Ford. World leaders control every segment of communication, slowing the progress of society to a standstill.

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.

Dictatorships can only survive with an ignorant population to dictate over. An informed population is aware of what they are missing. Those who have the possibility of sparking change are immediately eliminated in a community in order for the state to attempt to shield its subjects from life. A society such as this, works to beat down its people from fear and intimidation. Those who have the desire to help their environment are stopped by fear before taking action against those in charge.

In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, a message of believing in one’s individual opinions rather than society’s principles really shines through in the end. A young man named John challenges the way of civilization when he discovers he cannot force himself to be someone he is not. John is seen as the outsider in both his original home, the Savage Restoration, and his new home, civilized London. In the Savage Restoration, John was rejected from activities because of his family history. In the new world, he felt disconnected because society was always crowding and confining him.

Alienation is a common theme dealt with in various novels from an assortment of genres. A Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, suggests that alienation occurs when an individualistic person does not whole heartedly agree with or live up to the overwhelming majority’s opinions, morals, and ideals; consequently alienation can lead to one’s ultimate demise within society. This theme of alienation manifests throughout the course of the novel and it is resolved, albeit not in an entirely positive manner. The suggestion about alienation, manifestation of alienation and resolving of alienation is seen through the three characters of Bernard Marx, Helmholtz Watson and John Bernard Marx is an Alpha-Plus within the caste of system that the World State implements throughout the vast majority of population they control. An Alpha-Pluses are the highest members in the caste system, and are designated from embryonic

Society in the 1930s was, to put it bluntly, sporadic. Society itself was all over the place

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