The future is unknown to the world; it is terrifying, intimidating, and unpredictable. No one knows what is going to happen, but anyone can use their imagination to predict what might happen. One author who decided to use their imagination was Aldous Huxley who is the author of Brave New World. This novel is considered a dystopian novel about a character, Bernard Marx, who does not feel like he belongs in the society that the world cooked up. Citizens in this new world order are only interested in instant gratification with the help of material comfort and recreational sex. This novel went against many ideals at the time since it was published in 1932 and most readers were more conventional and did not accept newer ideas like in today’s society. …show more content…
Huxley utilizes stream of consciousness writing throughout the novel as well. The reader will recognize many areas of this writing since the thoughts and feelings of each character is told during each experience they are put into. Between chapters seven and nine, Lenina continually implies that her and Bernard’s vacation to New Mexico to the malpais reservation was terrible since she did not agree with the indian’s way of life. The Society has not touched the reservation, so the people there live life like how everyone does in today’s age. She does not agree with how the people live since “cleanliness is next to fordliness” (Huxley 110), and that they make her feel small when she comes from a society where she is an alpha and she is meant to make everyone else feel small. Another example of this is a thought from Bernard while talking to Lenina alone overlooking the sea. He says, “Yes, ‘Everybody’s happy nowadays.’ We begin giving the children that at five. But wouldn’t you like to be free to be happy in some other way, Lenina? In your own way, for example; not in everybody else’s way.” (Huxley 91). This quote is just one of many that shows Bernard’s stance on the plethora of controversial issues presented in the novel. When great use of this type of writing is that without allowing the reader to know Bernard’s thoughts and feelings, they wouldn’t know that Bernard is actually quite different than the others people within the society. He starts to feel this way because of the solidarity that he and everyone else has put him in. That means that he has a substantial amount of free time to just think about issues that the society actually does not want their citizens to think
In Brave New World, Huxley introduces multiple characters and problems to explore both internal and external conflicts throughout the story. One character we see in depth is Bernard. An alpha in society, Bernard struggles with inner conflict that separates him from the rest of his peers. Unlike others he sees the world he lives in as flawed. He questions everything and as a result of this, feels isolated and different. He struggles with his inner feelings as others start to judge him. He has the option to go against the part of him that says to act like every other Alpha, or to go with the part of him that wants to stand up for what he believes to be morally right.
Bernard’s unconscious wish comes true after he brings John the Savage into the civilized world: He begins to be seen as an equal to the other alphas, and begins to “have” many women as everyone else does. Huxley describes, “success went fizzily to Bernard’s head, and in the process completely reconciled him...to a world which, up till then, he had found very unsatisfactory” (Huxley 159). Through this section of the story, is is evident that Bernard becomes a hypocrite to those he once loathed who were high in power. This expression of pride in his behavior is proof that his hidden desires was to change the way things are by bringing in the savage, and also his desire to be equal to his peers. During the second half of the book, Bernard is no longer known as that one alpha who is physically stunted. Terry Cooper, author of the informative book, Sin, Pride, & Self-acceptance: The Problem of Identity in Theology & Psychology, wrote, “it is frequently pointed out that beneath the conceited behavior of many individuals is a haunting, self-doubting voice of inadequacy” (Cooper 149). Bernard’s sudden prideful attitude is rooted with his prior self contempt. Now that he knows what it’s like to be an equal after his experience of constant prejudice, pride takes control of his
...ped forward again; then again thought better of it, and was standing in an agony of humiliated indecision.” This is when the readers realize how truly hollow he is inside. Bernard has become a coward. All the things he seemed to stand for, he only stood for to compensate for the fact that he didn’t truly fit in with society. It seemed as if he didn’t care about not fitting in, but when he finally does become accepted we see his little act of rebellion was a façade to cover his desire to be accepted. Huxley is trying to show how a person can be changed by achieving something they desire. People hope they would be able to maintain their values when they attain their desires. But, sadly, values are forgotten all too often in the midst of a person’s “success”.
Self proclaimed philosopher, english writer, and novelist Aldous Huxley wrote the book Brave New World. One of the issues in the novel is how uniform the society is. There is no diversity in the in Brave New World. Huxley carefully examined on why society is the way it is. He wants the audience to understand the philosophy of a unique society different from a normal society.
The outcome of what happened to Bernard forced him to see that mistakes were one reason a Utopian Society could not exist. The Character Bernard Marx is an example of human imperfection, not because he was referred to as deformed, but because the person who created him messed up. Individuals were decanted according to specification. Any deviation was evidently the result of some mistake, a mistake made by a human. These technological developments weren’t advanced enough to create such a perfect society. Bernard was an example of this undesired reality. He was deemed an outcast due to his imperfection. Being an outcast, however, allowed him to see the world differently. He was able to realize how everything was being manipulated and he was able to discern that it was wrong.
The novel Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley has been reviewed over time by many different people. Neil Postman is a man who has read Huxley’s novel and came to conclusions himself about the comparison between the novel, and the modern day problems we have in today’s society. Postman has made many relevant assertions as to how our modern society is similar to what Huxley had written about in his novel. The three main points I agree on with Postman is that people will begin to love their oppression; people would have no reason to fear books; and that the truth will be drowned by irrelevance.
Alduos Huxley, in his science fiction novel Brave New World written in 1932, presents a horrifying view of a possible future in which comfort and happiness replace hard work and incentive as society's priorities. Mustapha Mond and John the Savage are the symbolic characters in the book with clashing views. Taking place in a London of the future, the people of Utopia mindlessly enjoy having no individuality. In Brave New World, Huxley's distortion of religion, human relationships and psychological training are very effective and contrast sharply with the literary realism found in the Savage Reservation. Huxley uses Brave New World to send out a message to the general public warning our society not to be so bent on the happiness and comfort that comes with scientific advancements.
In Aldous Huxley's novel, "Brave New World" he introduces a character named, Bernard Marx an alpha part of the upper higher class who does not quite fit in. Bernard is cursed by the surrounding rumors of something going wrong during his conditioning that he becomes bitter and isolates himself from those around him in the World State. Huxley's character experiences both alienation and enrichment to being exiled from a society that heavily relies on technology and forms of entertainment with little to no morals.
Bernard is pretty high up in the social system in Brave New World. He is an Alpha Plus at the top of the caste system and works in the Psychology Bureau as a specialist on hypnopaedia. Bernard, though, is flawed according to his culture on the inside and out. " 'He's so ugly!'... ' And then so small.'
The world changes so rapidly, so how could anyone predict the future? People have different beliefs of how the world will be in the next few generations, but a main concern is whether the society will improve or downgrade. Huxley is a renowned author, but after Brave New World, he can be perceived as a theorist. Aldous Huxley suggests that happiness is slowly becoming an emotion that relies on superficial experiences as it is in Brave New World.
In the new world which Huxley creates, if there is even a hint of anger,
In his novel, women did not represent any authority in contrast with men. A “Brave New World” depicted women in a typical role in which men have a lot of women around them. In the Utopia that Huxley described, women are victims of discrimination because of their physicals appearance. It follows into the pattern of today’s society, like sexist stereotypes and women 's body image. Sexism in the novel is very visible. Men only valued women for their appearance, rather than for their intelligence. Huxley developed and gave more importance to male characters than to female characters. Female characters were undervalued by the author. Huxley changed many aspects of the female experience. Although Lenina did something as amazing as falling in love, it was not permitted in Utopia. The author should have developed Lenina as a stronger and more courageous
Huxley introduces us to a whole new environment for us (as readers) and for them (Bernard and Lenina). The action is seen through the mesmerized eyes of the two characters. This specific passage shows us a scene of women breast feeding. We encounter a clash of points of view; Lenina's which is very reluctant and uncomfortable, Bernard's
A Brave new world, written by Aldous Huxley in 1931, is a dystopian novel. Through the novel the author is able to question the values of the society in which he found himself in. The author does this by using satire, irony and allusion to create a world that questions the contemporary values such as happiness, and religion of society. Aldous Huxley throughout Brave New World criticizes the lack of opportunity for the underdogs in British society and American society. During the book we see a separation between the civilized society and the uncivilized society(savages).
In the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley characters have different views on the world that they live in. Three specific characters in the book, Lenina Crowne a Beta, Bernard Marx an Alpha-Plus, and John also known as the “Savage”. Bernard and Lenina live in London, the savage lives on a Reservation. They all have various view on things, those views are influenced by where they live and the things they were raised around.