Brave New World

In this chapter, Huxley explores the character of John, the child born unexpectedly in the Savage Reservation. A genetic Fordian raised in Malpais, John represents the potential combination of civilization and tradition, but his life has been lonely and heartbreaking. John is the true individual Bernard sometimes longs to be, and, as Huxley makes clear here, being truly individual means living in pain. Because of his European appearance and his mother's sexual activity, John suffers rejection and humiliation at the hands of the elders of Malpais as well as his peers. Banned from initiation into manhood, John has nowhere to turn for help in his growth. An old volume of Shakespeare's plays becomes his guide to life. In the world of poetry and imagination, John's spirit expands, gaining a unique although eccentric strength and vitality.

Why is John's fate significant?

The stars are depressing because people are not able to see the starry nights and dream about other possibilities. "The depressing stars had travelled quite some way across the heavens. But though the separating screen of the sky-signs had now to a great extent dissolved, the two young people still retained their happy ignorance of the night" (Huxley, 88). The stars represent something that is unachievable. Something that is unobtainable. The stars represent dreams that are unreachable.

John the Savage Character Analysis

John the Savage is the only person in the brave new world born naturally of a mother. John represents human in the novel, with an identity and a family relationship that is not like any other character. Although he is the son of two upper-caste Londoners, he grows up on the Savage Reservation. John is disconnected and rejected. His only society is Shakespeare's imaginative world, a world he fills with energy and idealism. John is the true loner, the individual Bernard imagines himself at times, and his life, accordingly, is filled with confusion and pain. John represents the most important and most complex character of Brave New World, a stark contrast to Bernard, the would-be rebel. Bernard's dissatisfaction with his society expresses itself most characteristically in sullen resentment and imagined heroism, but John lives out his ideals, however unwisely. In turning aside Lenina's advances, John rejects the society's values. He acts boldly in calling the Deltas to rebellion and in throwing out the soma. Finally, he faces the powerful Mustapha Mond deliberately and intelligently and sets out on his own to create a life for himself, which ends in tragedy.

Brave New World Pinterest Board

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This Pinterest board was in my eyes a depiction of the novel Brave New World. This board displays shows the use of Soma, a pill they take and how it changes them completely. It also shows us what is really going on in the novel. It portrays the obliviousness of everyone in this dystopian society, how they truly no nothing about what is going on.

The Caste System

This society is made up of the Caste system. The Caste system is irreversible. You are born into your caste and you may not change. Each caste was created differently for different purposes.

Alphas- The Alphas are the highest caste besides the Alpha plus. They do not go through the Bokanovsky's process. Bokanovsky's Process is a process of human cloning. The process is applied to fertilized human eggs in vitro, causing them to split into identical genetic copies of the original. Alphas where the color grey. Alphas do not contain any alcohol in their surrogates. Alphas maintain the highest jobs in the world state, working mostly in the labs. Alphas are the superior caste (besides the alphas pluses) so everything about them is believed to be superior. Alphas are taller than all the other castes, they are also the highest in intelligence. Except Bernard he is an exception.

Betas- The Betas are the second highest caste. Betas wear the color mulberry. They also do not go through the Bokanovsky's process and they do not contain alcohol in there blood surrogates, just like the alphas. They are allowed to interact with the Alphas and they are not looked down upon and not seen as inferior as much as the lower castes. They are similar to the alphas they just are perceived as slightly lower in all categories.

Gammas- Gammas are the third caste and are considered to be the average caste. Gammas wear the color green. Gammas went through the Bokanovsky's cloning process. They also have alcohol in the blood surrogates, but not as much as the lower castes. Having Alcohol in your blood was only for the inferior castes. Gammas also get more oxygen than the Deltas and the Epsilons.

Deltas- Deltas are the second lowest caste. Deltas wear the color khaki. Deltas go through the Bokanovsky's process. They have a lot of alcohol in the blood surrogate, but a little less than the Epsilons. The Deltas have lack of oxygen, but they get more oxygen than the Epsilons. The Deltas job are bad, but not considered to be worse than the Epsilons.

Epsilons- Epsilons are the lowest and worst caste. Epsilons wear the color black. They can not read or write. Epsilons are deprived 80% of their oxygen and have the most alcohol in their blood surrogates. Epsilons jobs are considered to be the worst that no one else wants to perform.

S.O.M.A. Poem

S.O.M.A.

Soma, Soma, I know you can see,

Everything that you do for me.

The way you make me feel inside,

Makes me feel like I never will die.

How you speak and look at us,

Shows us you’re the one to trust.

What you do brings strength to us all,

Because of you we never will fall.

Please tell me how to be you,

What you do helps me become unconfused.

Soma, Soma, I know you can feel,

What you do helps me unpeel.

How you walk,

Taught me to walk,

How you talk, how you squawk,

Helped me become unblocked.

Soma, Soma, I know you can see,

How much you’ve helped me.