Brave New World Blog 3

In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, I think the character Bernard Marx is not only a hypocrite, but a failure that should have risen in his development that he once yearned for, only to slip back into his depressed, weak stage in the civilized world. For a long time period, I thought Marx was going to change and really be an inspirational, individualist when returning to the civilized world but that is not so. This also goes to show us human nature, and how one's approval with high society members and overall adoration can stall our progress and make us forget our once aimed purpose and feelings. Seen in Mustapha Mond's office, crying and begging to not be sent to an isolated island with others who share an interest with being more than just conditioned and ignorant to almost every aspect of life, he chooses to weep at the World Controller's feet for mercy. I think Bernard will find peace and the best of happiness that is capable for him with being exiled, it is just unfortunate this character could not have been more helpful with John and lost focus of his once intended goal.

Brave New World Blog 2

In The Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, a scene that caught my attention and made me ponder was the event that takes place where Linda and Lenina meet and Linda tells of her perpetual sadness and overall deterioration that happened to her after being left on the reservation with the uncivilized people. Her depression of no longer having her soma, turning to “mescal” making headaches and sickness follow. Her birth control regimen turning ineffective, causing her to give birth to a baby boy whom she had no instinct or knowledge of caring for- not feeding him, mending his ragged clothes, taking care of him while sick, or even playing with him. She would only speak of a time she knew so long before, and when questioned about how this “beautiful, happy world” worked, she could not even comprehend or have any answers. Sleeping with other woman's husbands, in turn getting beaten by them and her son, John, being treated as an outsider and neglected by the community for his mother's ways. She wasted her days away in bed, from “mescal” and holding many men. This type of treatment John experiences from his “mother” is what I think is necessary for his character development, and makes him turn to old books he can get his hands on, reading allowing him an escape and happiness in the world of neglect he lives in. This scene and John's character in general foreshadows the massive role he will play later on in A Brave New World, once he is brought to a completely different, sickening society. 

Brave New World Blog 1

In the novel A Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, a major theme I picked up on and how society and humans are conditioned is to no longer be able to have emotions or any feelings for one another. This is seen numerous times even in the beginning of the novel, an example being no romantic connection between Lenina Crowne and Henry Foster, who have sexual relations and outings together, but share no emotions or commitment. Morals and ethics that society uses in our everyday life have long been forgotten, and the famous quote, “everyone belongs to everyone else,” is taken quite literal in the text. I am truly fascinated by this novel and the amount of conditioning and lack of individualism that the story is following, I am excited to see how the story continues and how humans will take back their right to identify and create themselves.