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A Brave New World Outcasts Analysis

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A Brave New World: Outcasts in Society Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’, Huxley creates a fictional society that resorts to exile as their main form of punishment. Because this society believes that they are better than the rest, they resort to exile to show just how “superior” they are. Exile is at its most significant point when Bernard, one of the main characters is a victim of it, this is a turning point in the story. Huxley’s portrayal of exile and the toll that it takes on victims of it, serve as a warning as to what would happen if exile did become a common punishment, and how cruel it would be to those within its grasp. Bernard, an Alpha, has been a part of a caste system for his entire life. Perfection and precision are two major factors of being an Alpha. Furthermore, to comply with this, the people living in the system insure that all Alphas are destined to become leaders and important people and those that are not Alphas are genetically modified to be made less successful and perfect than their “superiors”. Although Bernard is an Alpha, he is not physically considered one since he is shorter and skinnier …show more content…

Exile breaks people and it has a horrible toll on their mental health. Not being able to see people you know for your whole life or those that have shaped you is something that could change an individual forever. If governments turned to exile, there would certainly be rebellious acts from within from its people. And because exile is so morally incorrect, punishment should be aligned with the intensity of the situation. If exile was the only option, many conflicts would arise, and we would tear each other apart because of our disagreements. The author is warning the readers, that pushing away problems is not solving them, and that we should not make anyone feel as outcasts since this could cause them to resort to take action against those that “ are not like

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