Bernard becomes very popular as he is the guardian of the Savage(John). John becomes increasingly upset with the World State the more he sees of it, he still feels attracted to Lenina but does not act on it because of his values, this then confuses Lenina as no one has ever denied
Bernard Marx, a character from Brave New World, states that freedom is restricted in the new world. “I’d rather be myself. Myself and nasty. Not somebody else, however jolly.” (Huxley 89) Bernard strives to be an individual aside from the majority of the population. Society in the new world has forbidden art, religion and science. John the Savage is very well educated in Shakespeare’s literature and believes that it is better than society’s entertainment. Mustapha Mond responds to John’s
to maintain social stability. This is heavily enforced upon the citizens by Mustapha Mond, a world controller. He believes
society is not actually stable as the lives of some of the main characters of the novel such as Lenina Crowne, Bernard Marx, and Helmholtz Watson completely violate the rules of stability that the society established. During a conversation Mustapha Mond, one of the World controllers states, ¨People are happy; they get what they want, and they never want what they can't have” (Huxley 220). Mond was trying to argue that the World State was stable as the citizens have everything they could ever want and
Bernard’s true character becomes exposed after returning from the Reservation with John and Linda; instead of being a victim, he is actually a coward. When Bernard returned from the Reservation, the Director was ready to make a public example of him even though he is an excellent worker since his behavior threatens the society. This evinces how sacrificing one individual for the greater good of the society is
people doing whatever they please. In Brave New World one of the forms of control over the society is the distribution and use of Soma. An example used by Huxley is when he writes “Christianity without tears – that’s what Soma is”. (Huxley 238) Mustapha Mond explains the true reasoning behind Soma – it makes people content without causing the sadness and guilt of Christianity. It is the perfect drug for the job. It keeps people mentally under control and does not cause a hangover. However, some people
“conditioning”. One of the reasons the World State controls the use of science is because scientific discovery often lead to change. The World State forbids change and believes science is no good but will only use it when useful for the state. John the Savage is unable to live a stable life due to the fact that he was incapable of knowing what science “exactly signified” because “Shakespeare…never mentioned science” (Huxley 225). John was an individual taught from his religion and Shakespeare’s works who
ritual enjoys the music around them, all Bernard thinks about it is that it’s a ”choir of instruments…repeated the brief and unescapably haunting melody of the first Solidarity Hymn” (Huxley 80). While most people were excited about something they heard during the service and were shouting out, Bernard thought about how “He heard nothing and, for him, nobody was coming. Nobody––in spite of the music, in spite of the mounting excitement” (Huxley 84). Bernard doesn’t feel the way most people feel and