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John the savage and Mustapha Mond the world controller both have their separate ideas of what happiness is. Mustapha defends the new society, pointing out the advantages that the savage world does not have, and what he perceives as the people being happy. "But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, and I want goodness. I want sin." "In fact," said Mustapha Mond, "you're claiming the right to be unhappy." "All right then," said the Savage defiantly, "I'm claiming the right to be unhappy." "Not to mention the right to grow old and ugly and impotent. The right to have syphilis and cancer; the right to have too little to eat; the right to be lousy; the right to live in constant apprehension of what may happen tomorrow; the right to catch typhoid; the right to be tortured by unspeakable pains of every kind." There was a long silence. "I claim them all," said the Savage at last. (1) John doesn't see death or life to be something that should not be enjoyed. He takes life everyday as it com
John had his idea of what happiness was. Though he died trying to achieve it. He had a perception of what in life he wanted. He wanted to experience the pain and hunger that you only can when you are truly happy. Mond gave up his chance to benefit others. If given the choice I think I would rather live in the savage society where I would have the chance to experience everything that was available. Not having life pre-determined. 1. A. Huxley Brave New World (1932), Chapter 17 Mustapha sees the Savage as an amusing diversion, a masochist who really does not understand the situation. The World Controller lives by the credo 'Community, Identity, Stability.' All the things claimed by John are unnecessary diversions, or even harmful to individuals. What use are emotions, things that just breed unhappiness? Mustapha sees John as a stubborn individual who demands things he doesn't need, just because he doesn't have them. Despite John's arguments for the richness of life, it is true that laughter can exist without tears, and that pleasure can ex
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