Compare And Contrast John In A Brave New World

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In the novel, A Brave New World, John, who is often referred as The Savage, experiences the differences between two societies. John is the product of the two different societies, whose culture is completely opposite from each other, which influenced his moral perception of the world he lived in. With John being born naturally in the savage reservation and his parents, Bernard and Linda, being both created by The Controller in London, John is stuck between two worlds and isn’t accepted by neither society from these circumstances.
In the beginning of the novel we're introduced to the new world, London. We quickly learn that their society is controlled from every aspect and have little to no freedom. Their technology is rather is advanced and

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