Civil Disobedience Mahatma Gandhi states, “Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the State becomes lawless or, which is the same thing, corrupt” (Gandhi). Furthermore, within the dystopian world that Aldous Huxley proposes in “Brave New World,” the government is diminishing due to corruption. The society full of enslaved people are forced into conformity and dehumanization. These schemes that are conducted are pioneered by Ford, the Controller, and enforced by the Director. It is until Bernard and John the Savage start to question the corrupt government and propose civil disobedience to bring the society to realization and independence. The people within the dystopian commonwealth are political prisoners who are being controlled by
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Due to his sense of alienation, John becomes an outcast to the dystopian society. This behavior to be “purified” from the “impurities” creates absurdity among the people of London. Furthermore, when John resides to an abandoned lighthouse it causes fascination and bewilderment thus granting him the name, “John the Savage.” He wanted to be “independent of the outside world” (Huxley 246). In addition to the act of purification, the Savage “stripped to the waist” and started “hitting himself with a whip of knotted cords” (Huxley 248). However, due to the swarming army of nosey reporters, John gained his last little bit of alienation and aloneness by hanging himself in the lighthouse. That way, no one can get to …show more content…
In particular, Gandhi’s teachings have spread not only through his faith in Hinduism, but throughout the world. It is an essential thought in his teachings that in human action, “means are not separable from ends” (Ostergaard). So in other words, “…means are never merely instrumental: they are always end-creating and part of a continuous chain of events infused with value” (Ostergaard). Gandhi also referred to violent revolutionaries as “sel-defeating.” His teachings are composed of truth, nonviolence, and self-suffering and the term used to describe this philosophy is “satyagraha” which literally means, “the firm grasping or holding on to truth” (Ostergaard). However, this philosophy stands for not only factual and logical truth, but also moral and metaphysical truth. In contrast to satyagraha, passive resistance is more power-oriented, meaning it belongs solely in politics such as in “Brave New World.” In conclusion, both of these forms of nonviolence can be categorized as civil
Due to his sense of alienation, John becomes an outcast to the dystopian society. This behavior to be “purified” from the “impurities” creates absurdity among the people of London. Furthermore, when John resides to an abandoned lighthouse it causes fascination and bewilderment thus granting him the name, “John the Savage.” He wanted to be “independent of the outside world” (Huxley 246). In addition to the act of purification, the Savage “stripped to the waist” and started “hitting himself with a whip of knotted cords” (Huxley 248). However, due to the swarming army of nosey reporters, John gained his last little bit of alienation and aloneness by hanging himself in the lighthouse. That way, no one can get to …show more content…
In particular, Gandhi’s teachings have spread not only through his faith in Hinduism, but throughout the world. It is an essential thought in his teachings that in human action, “means are not separable from ends” (Ostergaard). So in other words, “…means are never merely instrumental: they are always end-creating and part of a continuous chain of events infused with value” (Ostergaard). Gandhi also referred to violent revolutionaries as “sel-defeating.” His teachings are composed of truth, nonviolence, and self-suffering and the term used to describe this philosophy is “satyagraha” which literally means, “the firm grasping or holding on to truth” (Ostergaard). However, this philosophy stands for not only factual and logical truth, but also moral and metaphysical truth. In contrast to satyagraha, passive resistance is more power-oriented, meaning it belongs solely in politics such as in “Brave New World.” In conclusion, both of these forms of nonviolence can be categorized as civil