Brave New World: Linda Misfit
In many literary works there is often a character who stands out as a misfit from the society in which the live in. This character is often looked down upon by the rest of society due to their appearance, beliefs, and, or actions. Looking at Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, one can see a clear example of this, in Linda. Linda is such a clear example of this because she is not just an outcast in one society, but in two. Linda, a Beta, or member of the second highest class in the World State, due to certain circumstances is forced to live on a savage reservation for twenty years. There she becomes a misfit, due to her previous teachings; and then is considered a misfit once she returns to the World State, because of the changes she has gone through during her time on the reservation. So, Linda is a misfit in both her original society, and her adopted society. On the Savage Reservation, where Linda is forced to stay because of the fact that while there on a trip, she gave birth to a child, which is greatly frowned upon in the World State, she quickly
finds herself an outcast among the other women. This is because on the Reservation, people still partake in the ceremony of marriage, which is unheard of in the society that Linda is accustomed to. In fact, in Linda's previous society, that of the World State, women freely sleep with whoever they want. So, seeing no fault in her ways Linda soon sleeps with the husbands of the other women on the Reservation. This is such a clear example of Linda being a misfit on the Reservation because not only does she outrage the women of the Reservation, they actually physically beat her because of her actions. Also, on the reservation, the people their take place in religious practices and belief in god, which is all very strange to Linda, because she has never believed in religion or god and was taught that their was no reason to belief in god. Again, this obviously makes Linda even more of a misfit in the Reservation society because again her beliefs and values are not only completely different from that of the savages of the Reservation, but in fact in direct contrast to them.
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Approximate Word count = 723
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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