Aldous Huxley´s book the ¨Brave new world¨ may be relevant today. In today's world and Huxley´s book, external forces can influence and change the way people think without their knowledge or in some case, if they are willing. Bernard Marx, is a principal character because he alters his personality, which influences the other characters in the novel. In the beginning, Bernard is shrewd and makes individual and sensible choices. But at the end, he changes and begins to make selfish, reckless, and conditioned social decisions, and becomes what he always detested.
The word ¨indoctrination”means that you are not able to criticize or question beliefs in the system. In the ¨Brave New World,¨ people are prohibited to question the meaning of …show more content…
forcing him to resign. Bernard’s dynamic characteristic is that he a free thinker, which in turn, creates his free will. Bernard goes on a trip to New Mexico with Lenina, and when he gets there, he meets John, who isn’t accustomed to the new world, but also has ideas of his own. John influences Bernard’s way of thinking, and he becomes a it like John, and not being true to himself. Bernard starts to become more social and not as independent as he once was. When it comes to the D.H.C, this is a bad choice for Bernard when he gains power because he then becomes famous with the social people, and this is when his thoughts dynamically change once again. Bernard gets wrapped up in the new world, and is selfish and stubborn. He flips his thinking process, and this time, it’s not beneficial. He doesn’t think for himself and becomes weak, and each time he has a free thought, he takes soma. Bernard realizes he is “enslaved by his conditioning” (Huxley 91).He started to believe social propaganda, and eventually changed for the …show more content…
This change is set in motion when he gains power which makes him dependant on society to keep acting the way it is, because if they people start to think for themselves he will lose power, money, and fame. Bernard is not aware he is caught up in the brainwashed society and isn’t thinking clearly. He now realizes he made a dreadful mistake,” you can’t send me. I haven’t done anything. “ (Huxley 226), says Bernard when the controller wants to send him to an island to see how life is supposed to be in the social brainwashed world. This is an example of not thinking for himself because if he was thinking for himself he would realize the benefits and go instead of complaining and living the life he wasn’t destined
The word ¨indoctrination”means that you are not able to criticize or question beliefs in the system. In the ¨Brave New World,¨ people are prohibited to question the meaning of …show more content…
forcing him to resign. Bernard’s dynamic characteristic is that he a free thinker, which in turn, creates his free will. Bernard goes on a trip to New Mexico with Lenina, and when he gets there, he meets John, who isn’t accustomed to the new world, but also has ideas of his own. John influences Bernard’s way of thinking, and he becomes a it like John, and not being true to himself. Bernard starts to become more social and not as independent as he once was. When it comes to the D.H.C, this is a bad choice for Bernard when he gains power because he then becomes famous with the social people, and this is when his thoughts dynamically change once again. Bernard gets wrapped up in the new world, and is selfish and stubborn. He flips his thinking process, and this time, it’s not beneficial. He doesn’t think for himself and becomes weak, and each time he has a free thought, he takes soma. Bernard realizes he is “enslaved by his conditioning” (Huxley 91).He started to believe social propaganda, and eventually changed for the …show more content…
This change is set in motion when he gains power which makes him dependant on society to keep acting the way it is, because if they people start to think for themselves he will lose power, money, and fame. Bernard is not aware he is caught up in the brainwashed society and isn’t thinking clearly. He now realizes he made a dreadful mistake,” you can’t send me. I haven’t done anything. “ (Huxley 226), says Bernard when the controller wants to send him to an island to see how life is supposed to be in the social brainwashed world. This is an example of not thinking for himself because if he was thinking for himself he would realize the benefits and go instead of complaining and living the life he wasn’t destined