![]() He allowed them jobs and rightfully choose their erotic partners for the night. Living in such a time, Adous Huxley possessed such an advanced perception of women’s social role. One might argue that gender imbalance is a result of the time in which the author lived in. Apparently, women are meant to be punished for reasons that they are unable to understand, even if they abide by the rules set by society. And for John, he decides to punish himself. Bernard and Helmholtz receive what they long for, or thought that they long for, for going against their society. Lenina follows her virtues and still receives punishment for not doing anything against the moral standards of her society. For Bernard and Helmholtz, their punishment might turn out to be a reward to them. Linda, John’s mother, on the other hand, is punished by John’s society for her ‘civilized’ virtues. Her society supports her and her civilized virtues, the virtues that people from John’s society would consider immoral. However, she is not outcasted by her society. Lenina is punished by John, the emblem of our society. There is a contrasting difference between the punishments. Lenina, on the other hand, is given physical punishment by John, which she takes with a shock. John chooses his own punishment by isolating himself from the perceived civilization. They are sent to an island of their choice, left to their own devices and given the freedom of exploration. Bernard and Helmholtz are punished for their intellectual curiosity and exploring desire. All of them receive punishment for their derailing from social standards. And John struggles with the realization of civilization. Meanwhile, Bernard and Helmholtz suffer for the lack of intellectual challenges. The pain they endure is typical current social standards. They are the demonstrators of irrationality and sexual desires. The author could not do a better job in ascribing personality to women in the novel. Only masculinity is capable of directing a society to a preordained destination. Apparently, in any civilization, old or new, the only people to be entrusted with wheeling a society are male. ![]() The only roles females are allowed to play in the novel reflects the stigma that they are burdened with: nurses, workers at the embryo chains, caretakers, and, not surprisingly at all, erotic individuals. Moreover, all of the important roles in the “civilized” society are played by male characters, which is demonstrated by the list of guests coming to Bernard’s party: Bankers, Regional Controllers, etc. The only female character with the highest frequency of presence is Lenina Crowne. Firstly, the main characters in the books are mostly male: Bernard Marx, Mustafa Mond, Helmholtz Watson and John the Savage. ![]() ![]() The novel presents a lack of gender equality, which has been, to put it lightly, tingling issue since the early days of our civilization. One of the issues that is worth considering is gender equality. Setting in an alternating future that are centuries from present days, the novel still reflects the same old issues that our society is facing. “Brave New World” is sci-fi novel written by Aldous Huxley in 1913. ![]()
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