Corruption In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

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Human emotion is stifled and simulated in Huxley’s Brave New World. With drugs to substitute the passions that would normally plague the delicate hearts of Central London, sincere feeling seems utterly mythical. But outliers like John prove the existence of such seemingly inconvenient sentiment. Incubated among the thousands of architected, apathetic persons, his mortality looks white against their black corruption. The final chapter of Brave New World not only showcases this contrast, but also renders him at his most vulnerable, at his most human. Through John’s actions and thoughts in his last moments, Huxley uncovers the nature of love and what it means to love another. Despite his commitment to self-discipline and his own promise to forget …show more content…
However, it is quite apparent that John punishes himself to scour his body of the Other Place’s corruption. He also devoutly prays to several gods through the night despite his exhaustion, calling out, “Oh, forgive me! Oh, make me pure! Oh, help me to be good!” These pleas signal John’s search for atonement, presumably so he may reach heaven. Consequently, his desire to injure Lenina for her promiscuity may be his subconscious desire to purge her of her sins and help her go to heaven, as well. John wants her forgiveness, her purity, and her goodness, as he wants for himself. The last of John’s three requests stands out in particular because of the broken four syllable pattern set by his first two claims. This indicates that John’s primary concern is relatively secular, especially in comparison with forgiveness and purity which likely refer to remaining in his god’s good graces. But what John wants most for himself, and thus for Lenina as well, is to be good, and to be better. Though, this is a very human desire, for it requires a sense of morality and a sense of right and wrong. Thus, John also wishes to maintain his humanity, and, by extension, he yearns for Lenina’s absent humanity, too. These conclusions compile to reflect two final messages from Huxley. First, that what one may want for themselves, they may also want for their beloved. Second, that loving someone means wanting them to be their best. John’s thoughts of Lenina in the closing chapter of Brave New World communicate Huxley’s lessons on love. The raw representation exhibit the deeply personal, soul-searching instinct, the selfish side part, and the parallel goals and moral aims, all pieces of Huxley’s picture of
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