“‘The Savage was silent for a little. ‘All the same,’ he insisted obstinately, ‘Othello's good, Othello's better than those feelies.’ [...] the Controller agreed. "But that's the price we have to pay for stability. You've got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art.’ (Page 151).” John begins to unravel the truth of why literature is banned and Huxley reveals it is all about the happiness of society. The author starts to show that total happiness is a prison for the mind and emotions. The entire character of John was created by the author to be a symbol of rebellion against the society’s traditional drug use and conditioning, while Lenina was a symbol of fully giving into society’s practices. This helps add to the reasons for John’s status as a pariah; he is the only one, asides from some such as the World Controller, that isn’t constantly in a state of
“‘The Savage was silent for a little. ‘All the same,’ he insisted obstinately, ‘Othello's good, Othello's better than those feelies.’ [...] the Controller agreed. "But that's the price we have to pay for stability. You've got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art.’ (Page 151).” John begins to unravel the truth of why literature is banned and Huxley reveals it is all about the happiness of society. The author starts to show that total happiness is a prison for the mind and emotions. The entire character of John was created by the author to be a symbol of rebellion against the society’s traditional drug use and conditioning, while Lenina was a symbol of fully giving into society’s practices. This helps add to the reasons for John’s status as a pariah; he is the only one, asides from some such as the World Controller, that isn’t constantly in a state of