Outcast from Society - How being unique can leave you painfully alone

Outcasts are those who have been excluded from a society or a system. Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World contains two sets of people within a somewhat utopist society. Ideally within a utopist society, everyone is alike and there are no differences. Huxley’s utopist society has norms just like any other utopist society but the exception is that there outcasts. Specifically, Huxley has included the characters Bernard as well as John the Savage, and Linda as the outcasts within this society. People who transgress against social norms are likely to find themselves painfully alone. Aldous Huxley’s futuristic novel Brave New World demonstrates how individuals who challenge their societies, risk becoming outcasts.

Huxley’s Bernard Marx, is the first outcast the reader is presented with. From the first moment we meet Bernard, he is seen unfavorably by others. Fanny for instance, talks behind Bernard's back with Lenina. She thinks he is inferior and is surprised that Lenina ...