Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Task of Brave New World

Part 1:
John’s Profile

John the Savage
            Mother: Linda
            Father: “Tomakin” (Thomas), the DHC (Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning)
He is a young man that lives in the Savage Reservation of New Mexico. John only wanted to be accepted by society, but in the village other boys discriminated him and not allow him to play with them because he was different. They say him "white hair" and that his mother was a "she-dog". He was alone because of being different.
Also he has a dream, he wanted to know the “Other Place”, that place from which his mother came and which his mother tells him wonderful things: lovely music, nice games, delicious food and drinks, nice smells and everybody happy.

Part 2:
Comparison of the Tempest and Brave New World characters
Miranda
John the Savage
Prospero
Mustapha Mond
Ariel
Helmotz Watson

            First, I will talk about Miranda and John the Savage. Miranda (from the Tempest) has lived all his life on an island, far from civilization and the world to which she belongs; just like John (from BNW), that has lived in the village of Malpais on the Savage Reservation, far from the civilization, the “Other Place”. John has lived alone with his mother, knowing anyone civilized, and being rejected by the uncivilized people; on the other hand, Miranda has never seen any men except his father and Caliban.
            Now I will compare Prospero (from the Tempest) with Mustapha Mond (from BNW). Prospero before was the Duke of Milan, and then, in the Island, he practiced magic. On the other side, Mustapha Mond was the Resident Controller of Western Europe and One of the Ten World Controllers. So, both represent power and importance.

            Other characters that are important to compare are Ariel (from the Tempest) and Helmotz Watson (from BNW). Both have a role of help, Ariel being Prospero’s spirit servant and doing all the tasks that he give him; and Helmotz being friend of Bernard Marx because both have a feeling of discontent with the World State, talking with him and supporting him.

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