Dec 26, 2009

Brave New World | Character Analysis

Bernard Marx
Bernard Marx is the main protagonist in the beginning of the novel, and he is destined for trouble—just as the Director finishes explaining the World State’s successful elimination of desire and its negative effects on citizens, Huxley presents us with Bernard’s thoughts, and his dilemma—he personifies everything the World State has supposedly suppressed in his lovesick, jealous, and angry inner tirade against anyone who would “have” Lenina, denying him his chance. Bernard is hardly a traditional hero figure, but that’s why he is so...