Decisions

Kyle Petras

2/21/16

Gubanich

Western Literature

Decisions

As we read on in Brave New World, we have discovered a new place, the savage reservation. It is wildly different than the new world state. The people are different and the practices are different. All is unfamiliar to Lenina and Bernard when they arrive. Huxley must have put this in the book for a reason. To give a new view or take on what life could have looked like. Or even foreshadowing what may happen to Lenina and Bernard. So that is what I am going to investigate in the blog.

Upon arriving at the savage reservation, Lenina is confused and really doesn’t like it. A ceremony is held and after it, Lenina was truly horrified. This “new world” is a polar opposite of the new world state. The two meet a young man named John, whose mother was originally from London. This world is completely foreign to both Lenina and Bernard. Huxley, I believe included this because he wanted a glimpse of hope for Bernard, another option for his future away from London. I think he did it primarily for Bernard. Someplace where he would feel normal. Where he could feel true romantic love.

Now to switch to characters, there is connection. All four seem to be similar. Bernard and Linda were the outcasts, and Lenina and John seem to be the more outgoing and adventurous couple. I think Huxley paired these four people together was to give a side of both worlds. He wanted to show the same perspective, but from different eyes. This offers a connection from two different places and two different sets of people. He wanted to give hope and a sense of fitting in for both Lenina and John, and Linda and Bernard.

Huxley’s worlds have some people that are not so different. His “new world”, the savage reservation, treats people that are different badly and only thinks about the people that are normal. Huxley wanted to show a glimmer of hope for specific characters to feel. He wanted a connection to people that felt like true love. His attempt at creating this connection come across loud and clear in my view.