Novel Analysis: Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
             In Aldous Huxley's sci-fi novel, Brave New World, we are taken on a journey into the future, A.F 632 to be exact. Humanity is not what it used to be now that it is under a totalitarian rule with Mustapha Mond being at helm of this new society. John also referred to as savage becomes the protagonist of the story. John is in direct conflict with society and at times with himself. The internal conflict occurs when he begins to lust after Lenina and quickly realizes that he is sinning according to the society of the reservation, which was based upon morals and ethics. The external conflict occurs when John is not accepted into either world and is succumbed to feelings of isolation and a state of limbo. Motifs within the story are both conditioning and euphoria, intertwined throughout the entire novel to create and sustain the brave new world society. The themes within the story are that: Personal liberties and freedoms are often forfeited to justify a government's reasons for creating and regulating a secure and rational society. Another theme within the story is: Despite mankind's depravity and imperfections, happiness can be obtained without conditioning and spoon-fed propaganda.
             Within the novel, Huxley introduces us to John , the protagonist, also referred to as savage in reference to the reservation. Although John is the protagonist, he ends up committing suicide as the novel comes to a confusing and hopeless end. Foreshadowing of John's death is evident in chapter 7. As Bernard and Lenina arrive at the reservation they eventually come upon what appears to be a sacrifice. John immediately enters the novel in remorse and repeating, "Why couldn't they have sacrificed him" instead of one of the children (p.117). As he is saying this he displays himself with his arms wide open as Jesus did on the cross before dying for the sins of the world. This disp...