Exile In Brave New World

Brave New World Essay Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World details a scary hypothetical world, the World State, in which individuality is basically non-existent. Humans are made in a genetic engineering like process. True emotions, like grief and love cease to be felt. Humans are automatons. When Bernard Marx (the closest thing to a normal human) and Linena travel to a Savage Reservation, they meet John. He was raised on said reservation, which means he grew up basically in a Native American Reservation where the technology and science is far behind the World State. John’s tragic story and exile was both alienating and enriching. Truthfully, John’s life was a series of tragic exiles. John’s life was a story of exile from the very beginning. He is the son of the World State director of hatcheries and conditioning, and he grew up on the reservation so he could be hidden away from the public. Additionally, he is exiled in his own homeland. He is exiled for being a white man in a place full of Native Americans. He can’t participate in the …show more content…
While his life on the reservation was dark, it at least enriched him in a unique way. His exile in the World State was alienating and calamitous. John differs from the average World State automaton in a plethora of ways. For one, he has a sense of sexual morality. He shares a moral Christian view that sex is something serious to be saved for marriage. Sadly, all of the women in the World State see sex as a mindless activity simply for pleasure. John wishes for a Shakespeare-esque society where humans act as if they actually have emotions and souls. His steadfast beliefs alienate him from the uncultured and robotic world he was brought to. Ultimately, John exiles himself due to an extreme dissatisfaction for the World State’s society. He exiles himself away from all people in society. He was alienated so much that he felt no desire to co-exist with other