Solitude can be seen as a negative state; inferior to the state of being with others. While this may be true (in some cases and at some times), it is not always necessarily so. Solitude can allow one time to regroup, time to reflect and recharge. Solitude is a necessary part of life that carries benefits such as allowing one to heal from trauma. For instance, if someone is enduring grief and tries to just put it out of their mind; it will inevitably keep coming up until they deal with it. If the person were to try to keep busy and occupied by surrounding themselves with others; they will still find themselves facing the same issues again and again until they take the time to deal with these issues by themselves.
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This jolt of reality changes his plans.
While John the Savage, in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is alone for very different reasons, his solitude also has benefits. John’s isolation from the World State society allows him to experience desire and feelings of living in a decent world. In his adaptation of Shakespearean values, John has the means (language) to verbalize his multifaceted emotions and reactions. This is what gives him the ability to eventually go against Mustapha …show more content…
In fact, it has many benefits and in many ways is necessary to healthy functioning. Characters discussed have varying reasons for their solitude and the outcomes are not necessarily dependant on them. When solitude includes fantasy (as it often does) and that fantasy is invaded by reality (as it often is) has more to do with the character’s reaction than does the solitude itself. Thus the suicide of John the Savage had more to do with the conflict between the fantasy world he choose to live in and the reality of the world he was born into, than the fact that he was an