Isolation in the Brave World"If one is different, one is bound to feel alone." -John "The Savage" In the Brave New World, people who are different from the normal standard are alienated and isolated from society due to their individuality. The society of the Brave New World is structured and orderly: the government tries to control everything. Alienation in the Brave New World can be classified into three areas: appearance, intellect, and morality. Bernard Marx was alienated in Brave New World due to his overall appearance. As an Alpha Plus, Bernard was unusually short and ugly. Suggested by Fanny, Bernard's condition was the result of a mistake when he was still in a bottle, the workers "thought he was a Gamma and put alcohol in his blood substitute". Bernard did not fit into the structured order of the Brave New World and was therefore shunned by the others. The mistake led Bernard to develop outside the barriers of his caste level. His ugliness and short stature led Bernard to become a perpetual outsider, alienated from society. As an outsider, Bernard was cynical about the order and structure of the Brave New World. He avoided electric golf and other social entertainment in favor of solitude and solidarity activities, such as thinking. Bernard attempted to find a way to "be happy in some other way", in his own way, not in the established way. In addition to alienation due to appearance, alienation can arise from extreme intellect or exceptional talent. Helmholtz Watson, an emotional engineer, was "a little too skilled" at his job. Just as Bernard was isolated by physical defect, Helmholtz was isolated by mental excess. Despite being an "Escalato... middle of paper... they are different and attempts to ridicule, exemplify, or ignore them. In the Brave New World, society aims to preserve the homologous nature of life. With rigid rules, mob mentality, and activity community, Brave New World attempts to get rid of Hypnopedia messages such as "When the individual feels, the community falters" and "Everyone belongs to everyone else", Brave New World attempts to diminish the value of individuality and seeks instead to promote the idea of society first and foremost. Bernard, Helmholtz and John are the few individuals of the Brave New World. They differ from the rest of society, because they recognize their uniqueness and realize that they are separated from society of their individuality that they are condemned to be ostracized by society and live outside the Brave New World..
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