John the savage is quite different from the other characters in Brave New World unlike Lenina and Bernard. John was born on the savage reservation in New Mexico. His idea’s of society were influenced by the complete work of Shakespeare. John is faced with the new world which is his beliefs are opposite from what he was raised in. Unlike others John hurts himself on purpose to be like Jesus to prove himself being a man while in the new world things like religion and the bible are items that are forbidden in this society. John has trouble distinguishing between the reality of the World State, the myths he heard from Linda, and his reading the works of Shakespeare as a child he mixes everything up. Although he was raised in a different world
