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             As the story progresses, we find that the natural state of man is not a good one. In this story we find how people would react in a situation like this. It is not far stretched. While the story gets deeper, we find that greed and jealousy play a very big role in it. In contrast with Ralph's good-naturalness, Jack is jealous when the boys don't elect him as leader. When Jack isn't getting his way, he lashes out, often attacking Piggy, a boy much weaker than he. Jack is like a bully you might know in school; when he doesn't get what he wants, you know that he'll get even. .
             In this story we find that utopianism, in this case children being able to do whatever they want without any adult supervision, is negative. We find that the natural state of man takes over, with greed and jealousy fueling the fire, a perfect situation can be destroyed complete anarchy can be the result.
             "Brave New World" is about a Utopia, an ideal state, a bad ideal state. It is therefore a novel about ideas, and its themes are as important as its plot. Most are expressed as fundamental principles of the Utopia, the brave new world. Community, Identity, Stability is the motto of the World State. It lists the Utopia's prime goals. Community is in part a result of identity and stability. It is also achieved through a religion that satirizes Christianity, a religion that encourages people to reach solidarity through sexual orgy. And it is achieved by organizing life so that a person is almost never alone. Identity is in large part the result of genetic engineering. Society is divided into five classes or castes, hereditary social groups. In the lower three classes, people are cloned in order to produce up to 96 identical "twins." Identity is also achieved by teaching everyone to conform, so that someone who has or feels more than a minimum of individuality is made to feel different, odd, almost an outcast. .
             In this novel, the character that realizes the negative effects and is able to open his eyes to the world is John the Savage.


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