Brave New World
In the novel "Brave New World" many events occurred that makes it difficult to decide whether John or Bernard Marx had more importance as being the protagonist or antagonist to help develop the plot. Both characters can be considered the protagonist as well as the antagonist. John and Bernard Marx, being the protagonists helped developed the main theme of selfishness throughout the novel. The reasons why selfishness is the dominant theme developed by these two main characters is because they both wanted the society in the New World to be the way they wanted it to be, they used each other to become socially accepted and they effected others in their search of a better life. The first example of selfishness being the dominant theme developed by John and Bernard is they both wanted the society in the New World to be exactly the way they thought it should be like. Bernard wanted everyone who lived in the New World to be the way he was. Bernard thought that everyone should think more freely and be more open-minded. He felt that every Alpha-plus should not be so perfect for he wasn't. Bernard thought that every character trait that he possessed, everyone else should posses them as well. Similarly,
John felt that the New World was to conformed and orderly. He felt that there were too many restrictions in this new society. He wanted the New World to be exactly the way he imagined it to be in his mind while he was living on the Savage Reservation. By John and Bernard wanting the society of the New World to be the way they wanted, it shows how these two protagonists were being selfish. The final example of the theme of selfishness being displayed by the two protagonists is the way in which they treat others in their quest for their personal happiness. Both John and Bernard treated Lenina horribly throughout the novel. Even though Lenina was only interested in a good time with the two men she was effected immensely by their exploits. When Bernard first took Lenina to the Savage Reservation it was obvious that she was very scared and constantly needed soma to calm her down. Also, when Bernard took Lenina over the English Channel in his helicopter, he tried to make Lenina think differently about things and this confused her immensely. John also effected Lenina's life but not as much as he affected his mothers. He thought it would be best for his mother to leave the Savage Reservation however she had grown accustomed to living in the primitive society of the Reservat
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Approximate Word count = 866
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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