Theme Of Isolation In Brave New World

In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, we are introduced to characters who in a way or another are exiled from their environment or origin. John a protagonist in this novel is a victim of alienation which he experiences in both societies where he was born and the civilization his mother originated from. Indirectly, John is an outcast in his birthplace due to the way his mother acted and he became an outcast in the New World because he wouldn’t conform to the societies values. These incidents were enriching for him because it allowed him to grow. His experiences helped clarify the meaning of the work; a society where isolation is key for self-discovery and innergrowth.
In the reservation where John was born he was outcasted because of his unfitness to perform their native rituals. Along with his physical features, John's mother ways of living promiscuously also negatively influenced the way the others in the reservation viewed him. “ ...It was not for pain that he sobbed; it was because he was all alone.” His isolation to the other boys and people pushed him to rely on literature, all his values were based on the bible

and came to know love through shakespeare's works. Reading helped John cope with the loneliness he felt and became the structure for his principles. This goes to show how being in exile allowed John to learn what he agreed with towards relationships.
While in the new civilization John experienced direct exile from those who viewed his way of thinking and mother-son relationship as shameful.

The one person who he loved as a partner didn't share the same morals and this caused separation between them. Having a mother was an obscene quality, in a society where everyone belonged to everyone, family was a despicable thing. The isolation he felt was a strong potent to his beliefs; he begins to see that solitude is the best way to stay true to his values.“The Savage had chosen as his hermitage the old lighthouse…” the time he stayed alone he reflected on his life. As a being living in this world the time he was unaccompanied was the most meaningful part in the novel as he came to realize his own self. His interaction with the others became too much for him to handle and led him to his own

destruction.
Only by being alone was John able to be true to himself and not be corrupted of his beliefs. By having a controlled society an individual's self-discovery is very important which is why John’s story clarifies and contributes to the stories significance.