Brave New World
By: Aldous Huxley
Characters:
John the Savage:
John seems to be the main character in this book, the one most readers will relate to and most likely interpret as the hero. Linda and the Director begot John during a trip to the savage reservation where Linda became pregnant, which is a very rare event. She injured herself falling off a cliff and thus became lost causing her to miss her trip back to London and then stayed with the Indians where she gave birth to John. Ultimately, he is a mix of the Utopian culture, an Indian culture, and the beloved Shakespeare. This character interprets the world the way Aldous Huxley would, and being a person able to understand his old Indian life, and this new Utopian life, he seems to be the only one capable to make unbiased judgments about the world.
Linda:
She is a psychologically and physically conditioned Beta, which makes her unable to adapt to the conditions of living with the Indians on the savage reservation when she gets stranded there. Because of this, she is rejected by many of the people, mainly by the women for she slept with their husbands. Without the technology of the Utopian world, it became impossible for her to keep her physical appearance perfect in the savage reservation, causing her to attain illness, become ugly and fat. Thus, with this look she is then rejected in the Utopia when she returns to it as she was in the savage reservation.
Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning:
He is the director of the London section of Hatcheries and Conditioning. Many people normally call this man "Director" throughout the book. However, Linda, his lover, later reveals him as "Tomakin," which could be interpreted as Thomas. In this time setting, the people are classified by Greek letters and even more specifically by pluses and minuses. The Director is an Alpha-Plus, this is even more exemplified by the fact that he is runni...