John Outcaste

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In chapters 7 and 8 we meet a handsome new character named John. John is a member of the reservation, but is an outcaste due to his looks, and the fact that his mother Linda is from the World State. During his interactions with Bernard and Lenina, Bernard realizes that John's father is the Director, and decides to invite him back to the World State. But the likelihood of John's reaction going well is less than slim. This is easily predictable based on his background. John has lived his whole life on the reservation, but always as an outcaste. Along with this he grew up to the stories of his mother, telling her tales about the World State. From this it is unlikely that he will fit in the world state based his upbringing making him essentially

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