Character Of John The Savage
The character of John in the novel "Brave New World" represents an individual of the pre-World State order. He is raised in Malpais, a place in Savage Reservation. He is an illegitimate son of Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning. Due to his upbringing, he is old-fashioned as compared to the citizens of World State.
He leads his life with practices of the Tribe like flagellation, simplicity, non-materialist. He is an ardent believer in God and tries his best to persuade Mustapha Mond about the importance of God in people's life.
John wants an ideal and romantic love but disgusts at the love-making prevalent in the World State. He truly loves Lenina and wants her love too but in a solemn and traditional way. He wants to marry her but Lenina was conditioned to polyamorous love. John doesn't want to involve straight into sexual love, he wants a girl like "Juliet" which wasn't possible at the time.
John has lived and studied Shakespeare's works and his characters. Often, he quotes the Bard to suit the occasion. He quotes from Othello, The Tempest, King Lear and more. These works have taught him about life and other insightful things. Tribal society banished him and all he learnt about life and people were from works of Shakespeare.
He chooses to live life with all sorts of displeasure and harsh realities of life. He is a rebellious hero of the novel with his own flaws. He doesn't recognize sexual gratification of human beings, perhaps because of his childhood disgust over his mother's lovers, especially Pope whom John hate. This rejection of sexual desire costs him his life.
In short, the extremities of the World State was too much for him. He didn't belong to that world, this sense of alienation and personal conflicts instigated him to commit suicide.
He leads his life with practices of the Tribe like flagellation, simplicity, non-materialist. He is an ardent believer in God and tries his best to persuade Mustapha Mond about the importance of God in people's life.
John wants an ideal and romantic love but disgusts at the love-making prevalent in the World State. He truly loves Lenina and wants her love too but in a solemn and traditional way. He wants to marry her but Lenina was conditioned to polyamorous love. John doesn't want to involve straight into sexual love, he wants a girl like "Juliet" which wasn't possible at the time.
John has lived and studied Shakespeare's works and his characters. Often, he quotes the Bard to suit the occasion. He quotes from Othello, The Tempest, King Lear and more. These works have taught him about life and other insightful things. Tribal society banished him and all he learnt about life and people were from works of Shakespeare.
He chooses to live life with all sorts of displeasure and harsh realities of life. He is a rebellious hero of the novel with his own flaws. He doesn't recognize sexual gratification of human beings, perhaps because of his childhood disgust over his mother's lovers, especially Pope whom John hate. This rejection of sexual desire costs him his life.
In short, the extremities of the World State was too much for him. He didn't belong to that world, this sense of alienation and personal conflicts instigated him to commit suicide.