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Lincoln Six Echo Character Analysis

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Lincoln Six Echo, the protagonist of the award winning movie The Island directed by Michael Bay lives in formulated community where everyone has been conditioned. He, in many ways can be compared to the outlandish, curious Bernard from Brave New World, a dystopian novel written by Aldous Huxley. Both these characters have the ability to question their existence as well as the truth behind the society in which they reside. Lincoln Six Echo, defying his conditioning, begins to create memories based on his sponsor (of whom he is the clone of). This sense of identity leads to the questioning of his containment between the concrete walls. He questions many residents as well as employees such as the doctor to find out and understand the “contamination”. …show more content…

He is able to convince others (Jordan Two Delta) of the fake society and its untrustworthy way, but at first she does not believe him. She can not imagine that what Lincoln is saying is the truth. The island was the only thing that gave Jordan hope and she is content wishing for her time to sail into paradise. Lincoln had to physically drag her into the real world before she was able to see what he had known and believed for some “time”. (Bays 2005). Bernard is also ostracized from his community for not being content with the life and conditions presented to him. He does not comprehend the crave for soma or the need of apathetic relationships. Bernard shows his love towards a female character, Lenina but she is unable to feel or understand the emotions he is showing her. “"And to tell the truth," said Lenina, "I 'm beginning to get just a tiny bit bored with nothing but Henry every day." She pulled on her left stocking. "Do you know Bernard Marx?” (Huxley, 28) Both protagonists struggle to live in a society where they are a few of the ones that can look beyond the conditioning. Lincoln Six Echo is able to open the eyes of many others to show that their is more beyond the concrete bubble, but Bernard proves less successful. In many ways though, these two characters are

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