IN LIFE ALIENATION BRING OUT THE VALUES AND
MORALS OF A SOCIETY. IN THE NOVEL BRAVE
NEW WORLD, THE AUTHOR ALDOUS HUXLEY REVEALS THE IMPACT THAT ALIENATION HAS
IN THE VALUES AND MORALS OF A SOCIETY. HUXLEY PRESENTS THIS IDEA THROUGH THE
ALIENATION OF THE CHARACTERS’ JOHN AND BERNARD. THROUGH OUT THE NOVEL JOHN AND
BERNARD BOTH TRY TO DISCOVER WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY BELONG, BUT THEY WERE
BOTH ALIENATED FROM THE BRAVE NEW WORLD AND THE SAVAGE WORLD.
IN THE NOVEL BERNARD
IS ALIENATED MOSTLY BECAUSE OF HIS RACE. BOTH SOCIETIES DIDN’T ACCEPT HIM BECAUSE
HE WAS AN ALPHA PLUS, WHICH WAS FROWNED UPON BY BOTH WORLDS. FOR BEING AN ALPHA
PLUS THE SOCIETIES DIDN’T THINK THAT HE WAS INTELLIGENT AND BRIGHT, THEREFORE
THEY EXCLUDED HIM. BERNARD ALSO DIDN’T LOOK LIKE THE REST, YET IT WAS NOT HIS
FAULT BECAUSE AT BIRTH HE WAS MISTAKEN BY A GAMMA. FINALLY, THE SOCIETIES DIDN’T
AGREE WITH HIS BELIEF OF INDIVIDUALITY. BERNARD ALWAYS TRIED STAYING TRUE TO
HIMSELF AND THE PEOPLE IN THE SOCIETIES WERE ALL THE SAME, BUT HE WAS
DIFFERENT.
JOHN IS ALSO ALIENATED
IN THE NOVEL. JOHN WAS ALIENATED MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY FROM
BOTH THE BRAVE NEW WORLD AND THE SAVAGE WORLD. JOHN DIDN’T LOOK LIKE THE REST
AND THEY DISLIKED HIM FOR THAT. HE WAS NOT WHITE LIKE THEM, HE WAS A DARK SKIN
INDIAN SO HE WAS LOOKED DOWN ON. EVEN THOUGH JOHN PRACTICALLY OFFERED TO BE
SACRIFICED FOR THE SAVAGE THEY DIDN’T TAKE HIM IN. HE ALSO HAD A DIFFERENT
MENTALITY BECAUSE HE WAS SO FAMILIAR WITH SHAKESPEAR AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE
WERE FAMILIAR WITH TECHNOLOGY. THIS WAS VERY HARD FOR JOHN BECAUSE HE WASN’T
ACCEPTED ANYWHERE AND THIS WAS A GREAT CONTRIBUTION ON HIS DEATH.
ALIENATION CAN SHOW
THE VALUES OF A SOCIETY OR CULTURE BECAUSE IT SHOWS WHAT THEY ACCEPT AND WHAT
THEY DON’T. THROUGH THE CHARACTERS’ OF JOHN AND BERNARD, HUXLEY DID A GREAT JOB
OF SHOWING WHAT BRAVE NEW WORLD AND THE SAVAGE WORLD ACCEPTED AND BELIEVED IN.
JOHN AND BERNARD DEFINITELY DID NOT FIT IN WITH THE SOCIETIES.
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