Sadness In Brave New World

“O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!” John grows up in a society that is much different from the World State. He is considered an outcast and a lot of what he learns is from William Shakespeare. John never thinks much about the importance of sadness. He is excited to go to the World State where there is no such thing as being unhappy. When John journeys to the World State, accompanied by Lenina, John, and Linda he discovers that sadness is just as important as happiness is. John goes through several experiences throughout the book Brave New World that make him realize how important the right to sadness is to him. One major experience John has that helps

Towards the end of the story, John and Mustapha Mond have a debate that covers topics like religion, humanity, morality, and emotion. In this discussion, Mustapha Mond says to John, “’In fact...you’re claiming the right to be unhappy.’ ‘All right then,’ said the Savage defiantly, ‘I’m claiming the right to be unhappy’” (Huxley 240). In this section John realizes the major differences in the opinions and viewpoints from the World State and his thoughts. He realizes that sadness is important. Without going to the World State, he would never have discovered

When his mother dies, he finds that people in the World State think it is odd to react to death in the way he did. John’s conversation with Mustapha Mond helps him to have a better understanding of the difference between his point of view and the World States. John’s views on soma help him realize that he is against the removal of sadness. John goes into the World State’s society expecting it to be wonderful and great. He discovers that it is much worse than the place he grew up, and that it is missing things that are of importance to him, one of these being sadness. Had he never left his island, John would never have known how valuable the right to unhappiness is to