Graphic Novel
Character Analysis
Brave New World, a society that depends on artificial happiness and conditions the people in order to have a thriving society, destroys the life of John. While John goes to the light house in order to “escape” society, I argue that he also went there to find happiness and try to find himself for sense of security that Brave New World was not able to give him.
John is a person who can't be accepted by his own society (The reservation) because of his differences, but refuses to be a part of BNW society because he was fed up with how it was controlled. When John was at the reservation he tried so hard to be a part of society, but he wouldn't be accepted because he was white and didn't belong there. He was originally supposed to be conditioned in BNW. Bernards returns to BNW with John in order to get “revenge” on the DHC; Lenina and John become very close and soon fall in love with each other, but John hasn't been conditioned or socialized to think like the people in the society. All the people in the society are all artificially happy on soma and John does not understand why they do it all the time. When John’s mom dies from a soma overdose everyone else doesn't understand why he feels sad about the death of a family member because they have never experienced that kind of emotion. He feels anger inside him and despises the BNW society and how it is controlled. On page 240 John explains how he wishes that this society wouldn't be so blinded and purified, “But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin” (Huxley, 240). John then leaves BNW society to be his own independent person so he can try to forget about Lenina and find himself while he is there. Soon John can't take it anymore anymore and ends up ending it all for by killing himself. I believe John goes to the light house in order to find himself because he never really belonged in any society he was ever been. He goes to the lighthouse to be alone so he can have time to think about who he is and if he belongs anywhere. He hopes that if he can discover who he really is then he can feel safer being himself rather than being an outcast. While John is at the lighthouse he is constantly bothering him and spying on him that he never has time for himself and he was driven to madness. In the end, I believe that it was Brave New World that killed John rather than John killing himself.
Brave New World (BNW) is a society that relies on soma to reach a state of happiness; John is his own independant person that doesn't rely on drugs to remain happy. John and the BNW society are very different making them foils for each other. Being born naturally is in BNW society is extremely rare and is considered wrong that’s why John is so different from the society. He was born naturally while everyone else in the BNW society was born in a factory and conditioned in order to fit their role. Also, John and his mother Linda are very close and they maintain a family relationship with each other; BNW society don't even know their own parents are were socialized to think that having a close relationship with your parents is “disgusting”. On page 23 there is a passage that shows how to people in BNW are very foreign to parents, “And Parent?’,questioned the D.H.C. There was an uneasy silence. Several of the boys blushed. They had not yet learned to draw the significant but often very fine distinction between smut and pure science.” (Huxley, 23). In the end John will never want to be a part of BNW society because of how it is controlled; BNW world will never accept because they are polar opposites making the two foils for each other.
John, a young man born in the reservation, tried to fit into his society so he could obtain acceptance, refused to ever be a part of the BNW society, and died on the inside because of how BMW has changed his life. While John kills himself in the end because he was driven to madness, I argue that BNW society killed John because of how much he was impacted by the amount of control there was in BNW.
John is a person who can't be accepted by his own society (The reservation) because of his differences, but refuses to be a part of BNW society because he was fed up with how it was controlled. When John was at the reservation he tried so hard to be a part of society, but he wouldn't be accepted because he was white and didn't belong there. He was originally supposed to be conditioned in BNW. Bernards returns to BNW with John in order to get “revenge” on the DHC; Lenina and John become very close and soon fall in love with each other, but John hasn't been conditioned or socialized to think like the people in the society. All the people in the society are all artificially happy on soma and John does not understand why they do it all the time. When John’s mom dies from a soma overdose everyone else doesn't understand why he feels sad about the death of a family member because they have never experienced that kind of emotion. He feels anger inside him and despises the BNW society and how it is controlled. On page 240 John explains how he wishes that this society wouldn't be so blinded and purified, “But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin” (Huxley, 240). John then leaves BNW society to be his own independent person so he can try to forget about Lenina and find himself while he is there. Soon John can't take it anymore anymore and ends up ending it all for by killing himself. I believe John goes to the light house in order to find himself because he never really belonged in any society he was ever been. He goes to the lighthouse to be alone so he can have time to think about who he is and if he belongs anywhere. He hopes that if he can discover who he really is then he can feel safer being himself rather than being an outcast. While John is at the lighthouse he is constantly bothering him and spying on him that he never has time for himself and he was driven to madness. In the end, I believe that it was Brave New World that killed John rather than John killing himself.
Brave New World (BNW) is a society that relies on soma to reach a state of happiness; John is his own independant person that doesn't rely on drugs to remain happy. John and the BNW society are very different making them foils for each other. Being born naturally is in BNW society is extremely rare and is considered wrong that’s why John is so different from the society. He was born naturally while everyone else in the BNW society was born in a factory and conditioned in order to fit their role. Also, John and his mother Linda are very close and they maintain a family relationship with each other; BNW society don't even know their own parents are were socialized to think that having a close relationship with your parents is “disgusting”. On page 23 there is a passage that shows how to people in BNW are very foreign to parents, “And Parent?’,questioned the D.H.C. There was an uneasy silence. Several of the boys blushed. They had not yet learned to draw the significant but often very fine distinction between smut and pure science.” (Huxley, 23). In the end John will never want to be a part of BNW society because of how it is controlled; BNW world will never accept because they are polar opposites making the two foils for each other.
John, a young man born in the reservation, tried to fit into his society so he could obtain acceptance, refused to ever be a part of the BNW society, and died on the inside because of how BMW has changed his life. While John kills himself in the end because he was driven to madness, I argue that BNW society killed John because of how much he was impacted by the amount of control there was in BNW.
Self Assessment
Verify the following by placing a checkmark next to each letter. Your
paper will not be accepted or graded unless you’ve checked all of these off.
a. I have no comma splices in this paper- CHECK
b. My first sentence is an NPA- CHECK
c. I have a concessive thesis- CHECK
body paragraph: I use a comma correctly to introduce an independent
clause- CHECK
paragraph- CHECK
f. My conclusion uses parallel structure- CHECK
Self-Assessment. Write a full paragraph (5 sentences minimum) for each
question below. Use at least one piece of evidence from your essay in each
a. What do you think is the strongest element of your paper? (concessive thesis, NPA, use of semi-colons, use of evidence, etc)
I think the strongest element in my paper is my concessive thesis in my intro and my evidence. In my intro my concessive thesis really makes it clear on what the rest of my paper is gonna be about. Also, it is easy to understand and is relevant to our graphic novel. I have good evidence in my second body paragraph but I think my first body paragraph has even better evidence. The evidence I use explains how John’s life has been affected by BMW society. Also, I have quotes in each paragraph to back up my claim.
b. What do you think is the most beautifully worded sentence you wrote, and why?
I think the most beautiful worded sentence in my paper is, “John, a young man born in the reservation, tried to fit into his society so he could obtain acceptance, denied to ever be a part of the BNW society, and died on the inside because of how BMW has changed his life.”. This is the most beautiful worded because it uses words that are easy to understand and also some words help the sentence flow. Also, instead of using boring words that will make the sentence sound uneventful. For example, when I use the word obtain I am replacing the word have in order to make the sentence sound more exciting. The more I write I become better and better at writing more complex and beautifully written sentences.
c. How did the grammar lessons help you structure your writing more clearly? Be specific. If not, what other ideas or lessons might have helped you more?
The grammers lessons helped me a lot because it made my paper a lot easier to write. Before the lessons I didn't know too much about comma splices and if it weren't for the lesson about it I would've had comma splices throughout my paper. Also, the semi colon lesson helped my structure because I'm used to putting a lot of periods but semi colons really helped me reduce the amount of periods. In the future I plan on using what I learned in the lessons to make awesome writing pieces more awesome.
d. What overall grade do you think you should get for each of the following
elements? Use a letter grade. Be specific and explain why.
1. Introduction- I think I got an A on my introduction. I think this because I had a good NPA and concessive thesis which introduced the rest of my paper very well.
2. First body paragraph- I think I got an A on my first body paragraph. My first body paragraph sticks to my topic and has very good evidence to back up my claim. Also, it is very clear and explains what Im trying to say.
3. Second body paragraph- I think I got an -A. This body paragraph isn't as good as my first body paragraph but it written pretty well. I could improve some of my evidence.
4. Conclusion- I think I got an A on my conclusion. My conclusion has all the requirements and is beautifully written. Also, I ties up my whole paper very well and is a great place to end it.
e. Overall, what grade should your paper receive? Why? Be honest with yourself.
I would give myself a 93% or and 94% (-A).
Final grade: 94; good work Kaiden to improve on this essay and to incorporate the grammatical structures to clarify your complex thoughts. It was really fun seeing you revise this draft. Keep it up. Make the small changes I suggest before you exhibit this; overall, great work!
-Matt
paper will not be accepted or graded unless you’ve checked all of these off.
a. I have no comma splices in this paper- CHECK
b. My first sentence is an NPA- CHECK
c. I have a concessive thesis- CHECK
body paragraph: I use a comma correctly to introduce an independent
clause- CHECK
paragraph- CHECK
f. My conclusion uses parallel structure- CHECK
Self-Assessment. Write a full paragraph (5 sentences minimum) for each
question below. Use at least one piece of evidence from your essay in each
a. What do you think is the strongest element of your paper? (concessive thesis, NPA, use of semi-colons, use of evidence, etc)
I think the strongest element in my paper is my concessive thesis in my intro and my evidence. In my intro my concessive thesis really makes it clear on what the rest of my paper is gonna be about. Also, it is easy to understand and is relevant to our graphic novel. I have good evidence in my second body paragraph but I think my first body paragraph has even better evidence. The evidence I use explains how John’s life has been affected by BMW society. Also, I have quotes in each paragraph to back up my claim.
b. What do you think is the most beautifully worded sentence you wrote, and why?
I think the most beautiful worded sentence in my paper is, “John, a young man born in the reservation, tried to fit into his society so he could obtain acceptance, denied to ever be a part of the BNW society, and died on the inside because of how BMW has changed his life.”. This is the most beautiful worded because it uses words that are easy to understand and also some words help the sentence flow. Also, instead of using boring words that will make the sentence sound uneventful. For example, when I use the word obtain I am replacing the word have in order to make the sentence sound more exciting. The more I write I become better and better at writing more complex and beautifully written sentences.
c. How did the grammar lessons help you structure your writing more clearly? Be specific. If not, what other ideas or lessons might have helped you more?
The grammers lessons helped me a lot because it made my paper a lot easier to write. Before the lessons I didn't know too much about comma splices and if it weren't for the lesson about it I would've had comma splices throughout my paper. Also, the semi colon lesson helped my structure because I'm used to putting a lot of periods but semi colons really helped me reduce the amount of periods. In the future I plan on using what I learned in the lessons to make awesome writing pieces more awesome.
d. What overall grade do you think you should get for each of the following
elements? Use a letter grade. Be specific and explain why.
1. Introduction- I think I got an A on my introduction. I think this because I had a good NPA and concessive thesis which introduced the rest of my paper very well.
2. First body paragraph- I think I got an A on my first body paragraph. My first body paragraph sticks to my topic and has very good evidence to back up my claim. Also, it is very clear and explains what Im trying to say.
3. Second body paragraph- I think I got an -A. This body paragraph isn't as good as my first body paragraph but it written pretty well. I could improve some of my evidence.
4. Conclusion- I think I got an A on my conclusion. My conclusion has all the requirements and is beautifully written. Also, I ties up my whole paper very well and is a great place to end it.
e. Overall, what grade should your paper receive? Why? Be honest with yourself.
I would give myself a 93% or and 94% (-A).
Final grade: 94; good work Kaiden to improve on this essay and to incorporate the grammatical structures to clarify your complex thoughts. It was really fun seeing you revise this draft. Keep it up. Make the small changes I suggest before you exhibit this; overall, great work!
-Matt