Promiscuity in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. John the Savage at his Limits

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Catholic University Eichstatt-Ingolstadt, course: Modern Utopian Literature, language: English, abstract: This paper will describe and analyse the difficult situation of John the Savage not only in the World State of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World but also in the Savage Reservation. I will argue how John is brought to his limits in three main scenes throughout the novel and want to show the Indian and Shakespearean influences that determine his actions and later on lead to John the Savage’s suicide. First, I want to give an overview how promiscuity is realized in the World State and in the Savage Reservation. Later, I want to show the two main reasons for John’s behaviour - on the one hand his Indian and on the other hand his Shakespearean influence. Finally, I will analyse three main scenes in which one can clearly see how John the Savage is solving problems and how his actions are determined by him growing up in the Savage Reservation and by reading Shakespeare.