BNW-Linda/Lenina

Linda's experiences in the Savage Reservation influence her rebellion against the new world's society. After becoming a mother, a ignominy in Brave New World, Linda feels condemned to be a social misfit because of her previous conditioning. She is a conflicted character and is disgusted with herself for having a child, yet feels that "he was a great comfort" (122) to her . By displaying no concern when John shows interest in reading, something that is not encouraged in the brave new world, she begins to break away from the traditional Fordian

woman. Linda even allows him to read something she considers "uncivilized" (131) and banned because of its reference to the past. Linda’s life in the Savage Reservation ultimately leads to dissatisfaction with her former society. While living in the reservation, she realizes that what she previously thought was a utopia is in fact a dystopia, a place that does not prepare her for reality. When Linda gives John her book for training Beta Embryo-Store workers, she states that “it’s the only thing I have” (129). The book symbolizes that everything she learns in the new world is impractical. Linda’s seclusion from the society she grew up in and her isolation in the Savage Reservation causes her to question her world. Instead of attempting to return to her society, she states that “in the end I suppose I got used to it” (121). Her arrival to brave new world after twenty-five years does not satisfy her. She continues to be antisocial, for “the return to civilization was for her the return to soma…without ever having to come back” (154). Linda is a misfit once she returns to the World State because of the physical changes she undergoes during her time on the reservation. She feels so ostracized from society that subconsciously she does not want to return. Linda even dreams of Popé, which further emphasizes a desire to return to the Savage Reservation. She remains in Bernard’s apartment until she dies, except she “wasn’t there at all, was all the time away, infinitely far away” (155). Her attempted escape from reality with the use of soma unconsciously exposes disillusionment with Brave New World’s society.

Through his portrayal of Linda and Lenina's discontentment with the brave new world, Huxley reveals his view of women. Although he depicts Lenina and Linda as seditious, the majority of women in his novel are quite different. Huxley's negat

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