Brave New World
Sometimes very advanced societies overlook the necessities of the individual. In the book Brave New World, Aldous Huxley creates two distinct societies: the Savages and the Fordians. The Fordians are technologically sophisticated, unlike the Savages. However, it is obvious that, overall, the Savages have more practical abilities, have more, complicated, ideals, and are much more advanced emotionally, which all help the individual to grow. The Savage Reservation provides more opportunities for personal growth than does the Fordian society. Throughout the story, it is shown how the Fordian society is much more advanced technologically than the Savage Reservation. Because the Reservation is not fully equipped with well-developed machinery to do all their work for them, they must learn to do it themselves. Unlike the Fordians, the Savages are taught functional skills, such as stitching up simple tears and weaving. In the story Mitsima, an old man from the reservation, teaches John the Savage how to make a clay pot, using nothing but a lump of clay and his own two hands. This is a very practical and useful tool. The Savages are taught to cook for themselves, and to clean for themselves. These t
[and] walked on at the same slow, steady pace" (97). In this ceremony a young man was whipped to death in front of a large audience and throughout it he "made no sound. For example, when the angry women come to hurt Linda, John tries to protect her and ends up himself getting hurt. The Savages are not withheld from feeling emotion, and are encouraged to deal with them, rather than ignore them. They must learn restraint through their lust and desires. The man is taught that to show his strength he must use the uttermost limits of his self-control. Above all, the 'Savages' can express their inner soul far more effectively than their industrial counterparts. The Savage society teaches us that pre-industrial values may have as much to offer us as modern technological society does, and possibly more. Even though these are not happy emotions they are still emotions which the Savages can use to express themselves. The Savages can learn from this story not to take advantage of things. All of these emotions contribute to someone's personality and help him or her to grow as a feeling person. Lenina, whom John loves and desires more than anything in the world, is proclaiming herself to John, and yet he restrains himself because they are not married. Their love for each other is also shown in how Linda reconciles with John after hurting him when she "suddenly put her arms round him and kissed him again and again" (107). The Savages are also taught to express love.
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