Mustapha's Beliefs In The Savage

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When The Savage argues with the Controller about why the lack of God and faith is everything wrong with the society, he expresses his feelings about his faith when he states, “...God’s the reason for everything noble and fine and heroic.” (237) However, Mustapha has a very different beliefs. As those in most religions find solace in their beliefs and turn to their deity in times of struggle, Mustapha says that is obsolete now. With the modelling of a desensitized society, there is no reason to look for faith and think of hardships in this world. For them, their scriptures lie in the hypnopaedia whispered to the children in the middle of the night. Their moral compassed is composed by a series of tests and development in labs. The people’s savior

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