Brave New World: Death Is a Repudiation or a Validation

Let Down Your Noose Paige Fairbairn 10/20/12 Mr. Pierce per. 2 The ultimate escape is death. The driving pull in that pushes a man to slide his neck done a noose, foreshorten the hole, and take the final leap of faith- yet to result in constant stillness. The leap of faith joke the Savage in like mannerk was a symbolismic renunciation of the realness States motto, corporation, identity, constancy because e rattling aspect of washstand was a contradiction in terms to the motto, thus weakening the strength of the motto, essenti altogethery reducing the meaning to pound.In Aldous Huxleys novel Brave New reality deception had no biotic residential district to take to him, no true identity to boost his broken morale, and his turned on(p) instability shackled him to conscience, and roped him into death. Glorified civilization appe ared to thaumaturgy as a morsel of knowledge the opportunity of a lifetime. lavatorys uncontainable excitement procured the words of Miranda , from Shakespeares forgather The Temptest to pour out of his naive mouth, O wonder How some(prenominal) worshipful creatures are there here How beauteous mankind is O endure new world. That has such people in it At this point, Huxely is paralleling John to Miranda, Bernard to Prospero, and Lenina resembles Ferdinand. John is intrigued as well as excited for civilization, as Lenina (just as Ferdinand was to Miranda) served as temptation to part take in this foreign, yet enchanting land, and and Bernard (just as Prospero admonished Miranda) knew of the cruelties and horrors of civilization and wished that John would understand that this world isnt so unafraid(p) or honorable at all. John, like a child, joins Bernard into a community where John is a specimen to be observed and provide many laughs.John, like a fresh water fish tossed into the sea, eventually dies, non just bodilyly, but sensationally due to his incompatibility with the community. Not lonesome(prenominal) was h e a reject in the pueblo of Malpais, but he as well as was a spectacle in civilization, and was unaccepted due to his distinct personality and physical differences. The world state destroyed John due to its conditioned insensitivity. Amongst the community posing as an exploitative force toward John, his identity was stampeded and broken, even in his own solitude. Not only did Malpais reject him for his mother, Linda, but he looked too different to be accepted.Even then, he struggled with himself and his solitude which led to his discovery of, eon and Death and God (136 Huxely). Even with this discovery, he still searched for himself, hoping to acquire a true identity in civilization. Any and all thoughts of an identity were strong to bits, as John was simply a spectacle, just as his start was. Lindas death was a wake-up call to John he didnt belong because no one could comprehend his emotion. Like a fish out of water, Lindas signifier induced coma was abruptly interrupted by th e coming of her death.She gasped for air, and flopped and flailed in distress her death is symbolic for the role she played in society. She was a specimen of the grotesque, as her death reflected that, because it cut through the feigned upshot of peace and relaxation in her room. Her death similarly served as Johns slimy realization of the, Brave new world and her death distorted Johns characterisation of society as well as his own purpose creation there. Immediately after Lindas death, quint young Delta boys with chocolate eclairs stood around her deathbed, postulation laughablely of her death, for they were not classifyed of the true meaning of death.Aldous Huxely is alluding to the five foolish virgins from The Parable of the Ten Virgins five were foolish and five were wise (Mathew 252). There were about half a dozen other Delta boys at the hospital at the time, adding to approximately ten boys. Instead of eclairs, these virgins in the fabrication each had an oil lamp, five of which brought enough oil to have tempt to a groomsmans feast, and the five foolish virgins didnt have enough oil and confounded the entrance, so when their judgment came, they were declined to be let in due to their foolery.It was also stated that, the spirit of a man is a candle of the schoolmaster (Proverbs 2027 KJV). Huxely satired the spirit of man and his faith represented through the eclairs the perfect representation of immediate pleasure and delight, which served as a symbol for the identity of the society. Each Delta had an eclair instead of a lamp, foolishly asking John what happened to Linda, just as the foolish virgins were asking what happened to their entrance.The eclairs served to represent their superficiality, and just as the five foolish virgins were shooed away by a bad judgment, the five Delta boys were forced out by Johns disapproving of their foolery. It was here that John realized he had no identity in this community he was ring by fools who could nt comprehend deep feelings and emotion he was lost and couldnt start out himself in the misleading and mis large-mindeds of civilization. He hadnt an identity due to the inability of others to accept him for who he was. As a result, John began to disturb the stability the World State thrives for.The sweet desire for stimulating pleasures were all readily obtainable and handed out in the World State sex, soma, and never being alone was the foundation of civilizations stability. Johns morals intensely conflicted with this, he viewed the soma pillboxes as caskets and cant grasp the lack of religion and concrete feeling for that is how civilization thrives. John is desperate for escape and the world controller, Mustapha Mond quotes, sometimes a thousand twangling instruments depart hum about my ears and sometimes voices (218) from Shakespeares play The Temptest.Like Caliban, the controller is speaking to John (who is like Stephano) of the sweet melodies and diversions of the islan d, that lull him to dream fantastic dreams, and when he wakes, he only wishes to dream once again. Mustapha continues that the absence of God is civilizations fault, and shall never be obtained through solitude. Soma and indoctrination, hasnt been very good for the truth of course. But its very good for happiness. One cant have something for nothing. Happiness has to be paid for. (228) Mustapha is tempting, and giving John the choice to enslave his mind with pleasure for superficial happiness rather than to be unhappy. John declines and Mustapha Mond questions if he will learn all of the let downs and sorrows of life and John, in a christ-like moment says, I claim them all. (240) Mustapha stays in his role of playing on peoples pleasures, in supersede for their souls, just as Satan did. Bernard and Hemholtz were sent into a purgatory-like island were some pleasures are removed, but they arent truly free, and John is sent to his own solitude to regret and find God.John, after ma ny episodes of further exploitation, hangs himself due to his own emotion instability. Like a stairway to heaven, he climbed up the lighthouse stairs and hung himself from an arch, that would bring him his true redemption and inner peace. The World State only amplified his instability with their lack of morals and twisted ways. John served as a symbol of defiled wholesomeness he tried not to engage in the sinful activities of society, and the only way he found escape was in death. He died as a result of others sins.John was the exception to the rule of the World State if one has found faith, one cant be valid to the community, identity, stability of the World State. The reason John didnt fit was because he had true feelings that conflicted with the change feelings of hypnopedically indoctrinated society. John took a leap of faith with the people trying to enlighten them, but failed. It was the lack of recognition for a concrete community, identity, and stability that rocked John ov er the edge to take his own life, in the ultimate defection of corrupt civilization.