Transcript Brave new worlds Chapter 15

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This chapter is about John/The Savage trying to stop
the distribution of soma to the Delta kids in the
hospital after his mother, Linda’s death.
Meanwhile Bernard and Helmholtz is looking for
John because he had disappeared, then they get a
call from the soma distributer about John.
The two rush over to the hospital, Helmholtz joins
John, who is throwing the soma out the window.
Bernard hesitates whether he should help or not
because he is afraid that he might get killed if he
does. The only thing Bernard could do was to call the
police and ask for help.
John and Helmholtz get arrested, Bernard tries to
sneak away but he is caught before he could.
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John felt he needed to stop the soma distribution
because Linda had just died from having too much
soma herself.
Watson helps John as soon as he arrives because
he believes that John is a true friend, who
understands his feelings and they both have an
interest in literature.
Bernard’s hesitation is a sign that he doesn’t want to
act as an individual rather act as someone who is
trying to become part of the society. So he decides
not to join his friends and act like everyone else.
Bernard’s feeling towards John can be seen as he
doesn’t think of John as a friend but still as a tool.
Meaning that he has no feelings as a friend towards
him.
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When John tries to stop the distributer
he says "I come to bring you freedom," it
is as if he was the savior like the Christ
from Christianity. But messages the
carry the great truth from these kinds of
figures are often ignored by the people.
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Freedom – John tries to free the Delta kids who are
being given soma. He says he’s come to bring them
freedom.
Denial of truth – When John speaks to the people in
the hospital he informs them that soma is a poison
that will kill you. No one believes him and denies
what he says.
Friendship – John and Helmholtz friendship.
Helmholtz helps John out as soon as he sees that he
is in trouble. This is true friendship.
Power of Soma – Although John and Helmholtz
hated so much they could not escape from the soma
spray and they were effected by it.
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In this chapter John is emotionally unstable
because his mother has just died from a
soma holiday. He blames soma for her
death and tries to get rid of the soma that is
being distributed to the Delta twins. John
acts like he is the person who has come to
grant the people freedom and manages to
forcibly take the soma and throw them out
the window. However things do not go well
and John gets arrested at the end of the
chapter.
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Helmholtz appears later in the chapter. He
was looking for John with Bernard because
he had disappeared. Later he gets a phone
call and finds about John’s whereabouts.
Watson and Bernard rush to the hospital.
Watson sees what John is doing and
immediately joins him and throws soma out
the window. This is his friendship between
Johns he felt that he needed to help John
because he was in trouble. Watson and
John get arrested by a sergeant.
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At the hospital he saw Helmholtz helping John
out. He wanted to help them but he hesitated
because he thought that he would get killed
along with them, he felt humiliation for his
indecision. All he could do was shout to the
policemen to sort this out and save his friends.
He tries to escape with the crowd when John
and Watson were getting arrested but gets
caught during the attempt and he couldn’t
deny that they were his friends. This escape
attempt makes Bernard look like a pathetic
person who would do anything to avoid
unnecessary conflict.
“…standing in an agony of humiliated indecision-thinking that they
might be killed if he didn't help them, and that he might be killed if
he did…”
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"O brave new world, O brave new world …" In his mind the singing
words seemed to change their tone.
 “'O brave new world!' Miranda was proclaiming the possibility of
loveliness, the possibility of transforming even the nightmare into
something fine and noble. 'O brave new world!' It was a challenge,
a command.”
 "Don't take that horrible stuff. It's poison, it's poison.“ , "Poison to
soul as well as body.“ , “Even Helmholtz and the Savage were
almost crying.”
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From the onset of this chapter the workers are antagonised, being called “ m
enial staff”. Huxley carries on with the motif of robot-like work force, that are
described in numbers essentially and later as maggots.
 The motif of oneness is further built in this chapter, and the hysterical side ,
seen by John, is repeated, so it further adds tension.
 As new soma boxes are brought in, this symbolises a significant defeat for
John and what he exemplifies
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