Mustapha Mond In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

Many world leaders throughout history have attempted to compose the great society, or as they believed, utopia. On these occurrences, they in some way try to subdue the creative and free thinking side of human nature. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Mustapha Mond achieves universal stability. As we see in the New World society, stability is made the first priority at the expense of most of the people 's intrinsic human faculties. Mond explains eloquently and quite persuasively to John and Helmholtz why these sacrifices are just. Mond’s appeals to logic and the emotional need for stability help establish an effective argument for his societal structure initially, but do not excuse the evil actions to achieve it. In his explanation to John and Helmholtz, Mond’s rhetorical pattern is unique yet powerful. Instead of attempting to discredit the points made by his opposition, Mond agrees with John and Helmholtz as to the apparent folly in the methods the New World uses to condition and subdue its citizens. He expands on these ideas in a way that creates doubt as to the legitimacy of their presence in a large, ever-expanding society. For example,
The Savage was silent for a little. “All the same,” he insisted obstinately, “Othello’s good, Othello’s better than those feelies.” (Huxley 151). …show more content…
By acknowledging the grandeur and excitement the “good fight” and “fatal overthrow” can bring, Mond builds common ground with the two men. But, by slightly changing perspectives and focusing on the large scale, or societal scale, Mond forms a viewpoint for his position. In concluding that the happiness gained by these events is “never grand”, he attempts to render their argument useless. According to Mond, the momentary happiness gained from these impassioned upheavals pale in comparison to the erraticism they create for