Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a complex novel full of controversy, in a timeline that is both distant and relatable to the reader. In the world that is A.F. 632 life is something to indulge in, acting on one's urges is common, along with overly active sex lives, and constant drug abuse. Individuality has been lost to the past and new lower function human hybrid twins are everywhere. But in this strange world a character seems to stand out against the odds, making an identity for himself where it was thought one couldn't be made, that man is Bernard. Bernard is representative of the common modern day reader, as he is logical, contemplative, and feels real emotion, unlike his cookie cutter counterparts. Bernard unhappy with his place in life in the
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He sees the world as the reader does, a place for something more, to be enlightened, to find love, and most of all happiness. But his emotions tend to get the best of him, as seen when he brags to his friend Helmholtz of his asking of Lenina to a feely. This same smug attitude reappears when he leaves the Director's office proud of being considered a rebel, blind to the fate that that may bring. But this is contradictory to what the other world staters would have felt as they would have recognised it as a threat, and not a daring complement as Bernard does. But his humanistic traits don't end there however, he also uses John a reservationer, as a use of revenge against the Director, wishing to publicly shame him. But this seems to be individual to Bernard, as no other characters express this trait, but it is common for a reader feel vengeance as well. But along with this he also feels fear, another far more modern human trait, when he is told that he will be exiled to an island. He begs the world leader to allow him to stay sobbing, groveling at his feet. His fear of exile is something that the reader can relate to, knowing that they will never be able to see any of the people they've come to know
He sees the world as the reader does, a place for something more, to be enlightened, to find love, and most of all happiness. But his emotions tend to get the best of him, as seen when he brags to his friend Helmholtz of his asking of Lenina to a feely. This same smug attitude reappears when he leaves the Director's office proud of being considered a rebel, blind to the fate that that may bring. But this is contradictory to what the other world staters would have felt as they would have recognised it as a threat, and not a daring complement as Bernard does. But his humanistic traits don't end there however, he also uses John a reservationer, as a use of revenge against the Director, wishing to publicly shame him. But this seems to be individual to Bernard, as no other characters express this trait, but it is common for a reader feel vengeance as well. But along with this he also feels fear, another far more modern human trait, when he is told that he will be exiled to an island. He begs the world leader to allow him to stay sobbing, groveling at his feet. His fear of exile is something that the reader can relate to, knowing that they will never be able to see any of the people they've come to know