A Brave New World

It is not hard to believe that unusual people are found when everyone is trained to

be the same in every part of life. Bernard, Helmholtz and John, the savages of Aldous

Huxley’s Brave New World, are three odd characters. “Ninety-six identical twins

working ninety-six identical machines!”(18) The director preaches with excitement, as

he comments on how everyone is conditioned to like what they are and what they do;

thus, creating a world where everyone is happy. But when something has gone wrong

with the conditioning of someone, that individual is going to be miserable. Bernard,

Helmholtz and John all wish that this “happy” world was different.


Bernard Marx is a short, funny looking man. Bernard does not fit in very well

with his peers. He is a highly intelligent Alpha, and part of the higher society, but he is

small and looked upon as a deformed Alpha. Being small in the Utopia that he lives in is

considered to be wrong and corrup...