Ending of Brave New World

Brave new world was a very complex novel to read. It was also very fascinating on how the author organized it. The novel, Brave New World was written by Aldous Huxley. It is a dystopian novel published in 1932. This book is very futuristic and uses science to be stabilized.Brave new world human society is divided by 5 categories. The categories are alphas, betas, gammas, delta, and epsilons. The highest society are alphas and the lowest are epsilons. There are also 5 main characters. The characters are John, Bernard, Mustapha, Lenina, and Helmholtz. They are a huge part of the novel because they represent one of each category.

Bernard questions the inside while trying to behave on the outside. He is struggling in the inside because he doesn’t fit in with the other alphas. He gets left out by the other alphas due to his small stature. Bernard still tries to behave on the outside. He felt like an outsider due to all the mocking of his size. By him behaving like an outsider all he gained was being bitter and discontent. 

The central message of the novel is happiness vs. truth. The book gave a helpful opinion that one cannot receive both happiness and the truth. Mustapha Mond is a perfect character on what the opinion stands for. In chapter 16 it states,”It hasn’t been very good for truth, of course. But it’s been very good for happiness. One can’t have something for nothing. Happiness has got to be paid for.” In the novel the happiness for them is a drug called soma. Soma is used to cure the feeling of unhappiness or when you overthink about a topic. Bernard is a great character for the truth. When Bernard was talking to Lenina about his freedom thoughts, she insisted to take soma. Lenina stated,”Why you don't take soma when you have these dreadful ideas of yours. You'd forget all about them. And instead of feeling miserable, you'd be jolly. So jolly.”  By him behaving as an outsider he gain more knowledge about society and he tried talking to Lenina about it.

In conclusion, although this novel was at first confusing for me I still managed to learn by it. I learned that the characters are basically brainwashed to believe certain truths. The characters are instructed to believe in the value of society and not one another. Each caste has to help the community, so the economy could be stabilized.