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During this week we read from chapters 9 to chapter 13. The writer of the story Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, creates Bernard with such consummate skill that observing Bernard’s transformation in these few chapters came at a complete surprise. Primarily, from reading previous chapters, we recognize Bernard as the desolated character whom we are made support; however, we start to profoundly question the integrity of this character as well as if what we are made aware of earlier about his personality was his true self. In these chapters Bernard becomes a fully self-centered individual who only appears to be thinking and caring about himself and particularly his ego, which is left devastated after John decides not to perform in front of the …show more content…
Arch-Community-Songster. Bernard Marx is a truly isolated individual, which mostly seems to be due to a mistake that occurred once he was in his bottle during conditioning.
The fact that he is deprived of power is noted clearly once he is trying to make the two workers obey his command in chapter four, part two. Nonetheless, Bernard’s physical inadequacy appears to fade away from other people’s mind. And all the sudden he becomes the centre of attention amongst many whom once completely ignored him. This is all due to the introduction of the savage, john. Bernard, because of his new importance in a society where “everyone belongs to everyone else” experiences a respect that he has never felt before, even though he was one the high social class individuals. As a result of this Bernard starts to idolize this “brave new world” which once he completely hated. It is not openly stated but John essentially becomes a bulwark against the abuses of the society towards Bernard. This occurs since everyone seems exceedingly interested in John and the only way for them to meet the savage is through Bernard inviting them to one of his parties. This makes Bernard depend on John, since without him he is going to loose his respect amongst people. At the same time Bernard is making him more and more …show more content…
vulnerable to John. Bernard’s fame and glory is all the sudden, demolished once John decides not to come out of his room and perform. Bernard from this incident onwards seems to hate John and tries to take revenge on him by returning to his old friend, Helmholtz, to help him with his plan. Helmholtz quickly becomes friend with the savage since both of them like poetry which is exactly the opposite of what Bernard thought through. As a consequence of these events Bernard decides to use soma, which is contradictory as to how he used to be in earlier chapters, this evidence shows how crushed Bernard has become both mentally and physically. This paragraph was intended to demonstrate how Bernard’s character advanced and changes over the course of this novel up to chapter 14. Another major incidence taking place in these chapters is how Aldous Huxley decided to change the novel’s protagonist halfway through the novel.
Huxley takes away Bernard’s position as the protagonist and gives it to John. Although, this becomes more clear as the novel proceeds, not many quotes are given regarding this transmission of characters. One of these very few hints is found in Bernard’s quite condescending and insulting letter to Mustapha Mond. The quote states that "The Savage, refuses to take soma, and seems much distressed”. In the first few chapters Bernard is the one individual who is willing to have control over his limited characteristics and individuality than to be restricted completely by soma and happy. Now, however, Huxley has decided to give this distinct feature (which was the one separating everyone from Bernard) to John. As a result, the evidence provided attests to the fact that Huxley has replaced Bernard’s position as the novel’s protagonist with John. We can conclude that Huxley is making John the novel’s new
protagonist. In conclusion, Bernard who once used to be an insignificant person in the new society has become somebody due to John but is unable to keep this position for long. John on the other hand still remains his position as the spotlight for people of the civilized world. John is also expected to gain more and more hatred towards the new world to a point where he is rendered incapable of handling it, just like he did from Lenina.
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
Since the original publishing of Brave New World, the book has stirred up a brew of controversy. It has received many reviews both positive and negative. In this paper I will provide examples of both and look at the reasons behind them.
When we are first introduced to bernard we think of him as a rebel and a protester. Bernard isn't like the rest he wants to be different and stands up for his rights, He tries and succeeds in battling against the order of things. We find out later on that bernard questions his willingness of living in the Word State and the beliefs it teaches, but he than realizes that his frustration seems to be from him not feeling accepted. Until Bernards visit to the reservation (the Savage Reservation is the complete opposite of the controlled and sterile society of Brave New World Most of the aspects of each society contradicts another, the savage reservation is seen as a dystopia but it is home to many people and even people that are caught in the middle
...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”.
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.
Bernard Marx was alienated in the Brave New World because of his general appearance. As an Alpha Plus, Bernard was unusually short and ugly. Suggested by Fanny, Bernard's condition resulted from an error when he was still in a bottle, the workers "thought he was a Gamma and put alcohol into his blood surrogate." Bernard did not fit in the structured order of the Brave New World and was therefore shunned by others. The error resulted in Bernard developing outside the barriers of his caste level. His ugliness and short stature led Bernard to become a perpetual outsider, alienated by society. As an outsider, Bernard was cynical of the order and structure of the Brave New World. He eschewed Electric Golf, and other social amusements in favor of loneliness and solidarity activities, such as, thinking. Bernard attempted to find a way "to be happy in some other way," in his own way, not the established way.
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.'
"Brave New World by Aldous Huxley : Barron's Notes." Brave New World by Aldous Huxley:
Bernard Marx an Alpha plus specialist in sleep teaching is an example of a character that changes in the brave new word. He changes from a character that symbolized individuality to a character that just wanted to desperately belong to the society. At the beginning of the novel he seemed to be very different from the society, he acts like a rebel trying to battle against the order of things. He seemed to be an “individual” in the first few chapters. For example On his first date with Lenina with lenina he says ” I’d rather be myself. ‘Myself and nasty .Not somebody else, however jolly”(77). He wanted to be something else different from the rest of the society. However we see that his root concern is to be socially acceptable and not really about becoming an individual. In chapter 6 Bernard shows signs of undergoing a change in his character. When the Director summoned Bernard to his office for being unorthodox, Bernard goes on to brag to his friend Helmholtz Watson on his victory over the director when he says” I simply told him to go to the bottomless past and marched out of the room and that was that “(85). We get the sense that Bernard’s victory wasn’t so much about personal integrity as it was social acceptance. Finally, his character undergoes a c...
The “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley is one of his most famous novels. The author created a complex novel by developing a story focusing on a Utopian and Dystopian society. The novel was written 83 years ago and people are still amazed by the content of the book. The “Brave New World” takes the reader into a world of fantasy and fiction. In “Brave New World” Huxley describes a very different society.
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World presents readers with intriguing characters whom all live in a much different world. Among these individuals one really grasp the reader's attention and more importantly delivers author Huxley’s theme. Through the viewpoint of John readers and the society of the brave new world are provided with truth. Meaning, John’s character succeeds in the deliverance of the central message; the top of the totem pole in society will do anything to maintain their version of a perfect world, even at the cost of free will. John is an outcast throughout the novel, because unlike the people of The Brave New world he chooses to love, seek truth and aims to implement changes.
He was an outcast in his homeland because he was the son of two people from the “civilized world”. He was not allowed to partake in the rituals that the other boys his age participated in because of his “white hair” and because he was “the son of the she-dog” (Page 136). People “sang horrible songs about Linda” and “laughed at him for being so ragged” (Page 129). John was also an outcast in the World State. They called him “the Savage” because of the way he was raised in the reservation. He was treated like a zoo animal by Bernard for being different. In both the “civilized” world and the “savage” world he was an outcast. John says, “If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely. They’re beastly to one” (Page 136). He left his home on the reservation because he thought he would be going to a “brave new world” in which he would fit in and be accepted. The way things turned out were not as John expected and he was once again lonely. His loneliness was ultimately one of the main reasons for his
His standing up for what he believes in allows Helmholtz to join in, and this leads to Helmholtz’s and Bernard’s exile and John’s running
Brave New World is no longer relevant. Who wouldn't agree that the ideas in the book aren't relevant with the text and modern society. In the book everyone lived in this perfect world. A “Utopia” as you will. But of course not everything was oh so perfect. The director wanted and expected everyone to be the way he sees things and have no problems. That doesn't really work out so good because of Bernard. Bernard is the outcast of the story. He isn't like all of the others, he actually doesn't believe in what was taught to him at an early age. Bernard is embarrassed about everything that is going on an is uncomfortable.