Within all people are some similar qualities and yet, every person remains unique. Although Aldous Huxley, in Brave New World, a modern dystopian novel, and William Golding, in Lord of the Flies, a modern dystopian novel, develop similar characters with John the Savage and Simon, they differ in the portrayal of a theme. Huxley’s John the Savage and Golding’s Simon are similar in their demonstration in Christ-figure qualities, while the two authors convey the theme of being captured or limited. John, from Brave New World, and Simon, from Lord of the Flies, both exhibit the traits of Christ-figures. After John speaks with the World Controller, Mustapha Mond, he tries to get away from society. He finds himself a lighthouse, far away from civilization,
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Actions such as these can be seen as Christ-like characteristics, as Christ goes into the wilderness for forty days. He further punishes himself for what he has done wrong, similar to Christ being punished for the sins of humanity. His punishment comes in the form of near crucifixion, as Christ’s does. Through the demonstration of these traits, it can be concluded that John the Savage is being developed as a Christ-figure. In Lord of the Flies, Simon goes into the jungle alone and sees the pig head on a stick, the Lord of the Flies. It speaks to him saying, “’I’m warning you. I’m going to get angry. D’you see? You’re not wanted. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island! So don’t try it on, my poor misguided boy, or else-‘” (Golding 144) Simon wanders off to be alone, for his peace and the forest’s quietness. Christ also goes into the wilderness (though not a jungle) for forty days and nights to connect himself with God and to find peace. Unfortunately, both have an encounter with the devil, symbolized in the novel as the Lord of the Flies. They are tempted. Simon going into the jungle demonstrates that he is in touch with …show more content…
While Mustapha Mond is speaking with John the Savage, Bernard Marx, and Helmholtz Watson, he explains why everyone is limited in the World State. He concludes with, “’Each one of us, of course,’ the Controller meditatively continued, ‘goes through life inside a bottle. But if we happen to be Alphas, our bottles are, relatively speaking, enormous’” (Huxley 222-23). In the novel, Alphas are given enormous “bottles”; they have very few limitations. They can go anywhere in the world, with permission of course. But even the Alphas are limited. They are controlled by conditioning, by the structure of society itself. They live in a world of opportunity, and yet are controlled by their society. They are given the illusion of self-control. Therefore, the theme of being hostage to something is portrayed through the people being limited by their societal conditioning. Quite an opposite demonstration of the theme is prevalent in Lord of the Flies. When the children on the island are rescued, they are driven to savagery. Their out of control nature surprises the naval officer that rescues them. He is surprised at how little self-control the British boys have, since they are British (Golding 201-202). The boys are on an island. Very little opportunity to go anywhere or do anything is available on a small island. And yet, they have every opportunity to control their actions. They turn into
Actions such as these can be seen as Christ-like characteristics, as Christ goes into the wilderness for forty days. He further punishes himself for what he has done wrong, similar to Christ being punished for the sins of humanity. His punishment comes in the form of near crucifixion, as Christ’s does. Through the demonstration of these traits, it can be concluded that John the Savage is being developed as a Christ-figure. In Lord of the Flies, Simon goes into the jungle alone and sees the pig head on a stick, the Lord of the Flies. It speaks to him saying, “’I’m warning you. I’m going to get angry. D’you see? You’re not wanted. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island! So don’t try it on, my poor misguided boy, or else-‘” (Golding 144) Simon wanders off to be alone, for his peace and the forest’s quietness. Christ also goes into the wilderness (though not a jungle) for forty days and nights to connect himself with God and to find peace. Unfortunately, both have an encounter with the devil, symbolized in the novel as the Lord of the Flies. They are tempted. Simon going into the jungle demonstrates that he is in touch with …show more content…
While Mustapha Mond is speaking with John the Savage, Bernard Marx, and Helmholtz Watson, he explains why everyone is limited in the World State. He concludes with, “’Each one of us, of course,’ the Controller meditatively continued, ‘goes through life inside a bottle. But if we happen to be Alphas, our bottles are, relatively speaking, enormous’” (Huxley 222-23). In the novel, Alphas are given enormous “bottles”; they have very few limitations. They can go anywhere in the world, with permission of course. But even the Alphas are limited. They are controlled by conditioning, by the structure of society itself. They live in a world of opportunity, and yet are controlled by their society. They are given the illusion of self-control. Therefore, the theme of being hostage to something is portrayed through the people being limited by their societal conditioning. Quite an opposite demonstration of the theme is prevalent in Lord of the Flies. When the children on the island are rescued, they are driven to savagery. Their out of control nature surprises the naval officer that rescues them. He is surprised at how little self-control the British boys have, since they are British (Golding 201-202). The boys are on an island. Very little opportunity to go anywhere or do anything is available on a small island. And yet, they have every opportunity to control their actions. They turn into