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In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley many characters are exposed to peculiar lifestyles and from that experience grow or change in some way. The story is based off a dystopian society way in the future that uses science and technology to control it’s people into obeying and even enjoying the lifestyle higher powers have created for them. A dramatic change in scenery takes place when the main character at the time Bernard and his companion Lenina make their way to a reservation of non-dystopian conformers. There they meet the character i’d like to talk about who went by, “the savage” to people who were only curious of him or John by those who respected him and could be considered friends. John who was born and raised in what could …show more content…

With his new found knowledge John was able to create a framework in which he would see the world. It led him to form opinions and speak out like he does on multiple occasions throughout the book. John’s isolation from his tribe though tragic did help him grow and grasp the world in a different way, but in the end this also caused his downfall in the World State society. His life at the reservation though strange was free and coming to london and encountering such atrocities as the feely where he described to Lenina as so "It was base," he said indignantly, "it was ignoble."(pg 170) showing how john was to cling to his beliefs ferociously. As the story progresses the savage also comes across a change in his popularity. John was showered with attention and greetings but soon began to reject his visitors for he didn't see them as sincere and believed their ways to be heinous. A second wave of isolation was breaking on the young savage. John began to realize the outside world and civilized society is not what he wanted or expected. Pushed out onto his own, seclusion drew john into a state of erratic behavior that had him continuously punishing himself for sin. In this case isolation drove the savage to the brink of insanity. Brave new world’s tragic story of John the savage relays the authors inside fear for the wrongful use of scienc. The

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