essay draft Brave new world

Pre-write 
John the savage = immoral character.
- is a non-conformist
- doesn't fit  in for the world state in the book
-loyal to people, which is against the world state in the novel.
-uses suicide to end things .

examples
- refuses sexual acts from Lenina
-has actual feelings for other people
-reads old literature such as Shakespeare
-he cares when his mother is dying


essay:
    The world state is much different in "Brave New World" than it is in reality. Huxley's character John the savage is a man who seems average to us, but in their world is very out of place and strange. We gain our sympathy towards John through Huxley's use of characterization throughout the novel.

   John is a man who is out of the ordinary, he rejects things that are common to other people, this is how Huxley chose to create an "antagonist" in the novel. Being a non-conformist is Johns main purpose in the novel, he is set up to go against the world state, and to be the person who we could identify the most with. An example of his going against the customs of the world state is when he refuses sex from Lenina and calls her a whore for offering herself to him. The reason we feel comfortable identifying with him is because we do not view sexual things as freely as they do in the novel.
 
  Characterization is key to many novels, but this one in particular. John is a loyal, friendly, an emotional guy but for the setting of the novel he is the opposite of a normal man, he is against the world state. Huxley uses direct and indirect characterization when using John in the book, because at some points he wants the readers to know exactly what is going on, but on others he wants the reader to figure it out. An example of this would be when John is quoting and reading Shakespeare, he wants the reader to imply that this is against the world state.

   This novel is one that we at first have problems reasoning about, but then we learn about John and we side with him on most matters. Huxley's purpose for creating john is for the audience to see themselves in him and have an understanding for the things he does even though he is an outsider. We as an Audience gain these feelings about the character through the use of direct and indirect characterization throughout the novel. Gaining these feelings towards the characters allows us to understand the novel better and to understand the theme better.