Brave New World Essay

   Conforming into society is easy for one who is ineligible and banned from thinking outwardly. This is what happens in the novel Brave New World, where a character, Bernard Marx, struggles both internally and externally. Bernard contstantly struggles throughout the book, physically and mentally. The tension of his outward conformity and his inward questioning creates a sense of foreshadowing in the author's tone. Bernard is already at loss, with his physically ability not matching up to his peers. He is smaller and weaker than everyone else in his society, and he struggles with fitting in. He also holds very different beliefs than everyone in this "New World". Because of his body type and his separate thoughts, Bernard is not only insecure of his physical presentation, but of his mental beliefs as well. 

   Throughout the story, Bernard conforms to society and the world he lives in. He goes to work like everyone else and does what he's supposed to do. He does this besides the fact that he doesn't agree with it and the way the world is being ran. He obviously disagrees with society, but continues to conform to society anyways. For example, he takes the drug soma and involves himself in orgy-porgy. He tries to shy away from society, but is instead conformed to it outwardly because of his struggles inwardly. This constant tension causes a foreshadow in the author's voice. 

   The world that Bernard is in exalts people from being alone and thinking for themselves. Whenever Bernard is alone, he tends to question the society he's in. He sees everything that is wrong with the world, but he never has the guts to go against the word of society and its beliefs. Since Bernard questions so much, and they are forbidden to think for themselves in this society, Bernard is looked at differently, causing him to struggle with himself outwardly and inwardly. 

   The constant tension of Bernard's outward conformity and inward questioning creates foreshadowing in the tone of the author. When Bernard is introduced, you have that feeling, as a reader, that something is going to go wrong. Not to mention Bernard's last name, Marx. His lastname takes after the capitalist, Karl Marx. Also, Bernard can be a cruel character when he's threatened. From the beginning, Bernard's struggles were a foreshadow of what was coming next in the novel.