Allegory In Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World'

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Brave New World, one of the famous anti-utopian novels written by author Aldous Huxley, who is an expert in his allegory. The allusions of bible and literary in this novel helped us to develop the understanding of his novels. Although he never uses any scriptures, many people and events are symbols of the Bible.
John the Savage is a Christ figure in Brave New World. His name could arguably allude to John the Baptist, but his actions is more likely to represent as Jesus. The position that he is foreshadowing to be the crucified Jesus. John punished himself for the world just as Jesus sacrificed himself to save his people. Also, John is an outsider from the savage reservation that totally different from the people in Brave New World. Just as

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