The novel, "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley, is a science fiction novel about a society taken place in the future. This society is divided up into classes. Which are Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons. At birth, babies will be designated their class. In this "utopian" world, there seems to be a darker side to it. When the book introduces John the savage, we find out that he is the only person that was born naturally by his mother. He is extremely confused of what goes on in this society. John is the protagonist. He is different from all of the others. He has never seen or experienced a world like this. But when he finds out about all the dark secrets this society has been hiding from their citizens, he figures out all the flaws and dangers this place has to give. The world that he lives in has no idea what an intimate relationship means. There aren't any real families. This world is only about sex, drugs, and work. John is extremely confused and needs to do something about it. .
John is tremendously different from everybody else. He seems more of a loner. He was born on a savage reserve. Meaning he did not know what the government or beliefs this society had. For John, life is a problem of reconciling different worlds. "Lying in bed, he would think of Heaven and London and Our Lady of Acoma and the rows and rows of babies in clean bottles and Jesus flying up and Linda flying up and the great Director of World Hatcheries and Awonawilona". (Huxley, 130). John can't see the difference between the "reality" of this world and the many different religious beliefs he has encountered. The savage needs to understand what all of this is about. So at times of distress, John will turn to Shakespeare. .
John grew up hearing myths about this "world" just like he heard stories of Shakespeare's characters. If anything, John has finally seen this "other place" with his own eyes. It must make it extremely harder to believe that Shakespeare or religions as myths.
