In Aldous Huxley's novel, "Brave New World", he introduces a character called Bernard Marx, an alpha part of the upper class who doesn't quite fit in. Bernard is cursed by the surrounding rumors of something going wrong during his conditioning making him bitter and he isolates himself from those around him in the World State. Huxley's character experiences both alienation and enrichment in being exiled from a society that relies heavily on technology and forms of entertainment with little to no morals. According to Palestinian American literary theorist and cultural critic Edward Said, "Exile is strangely compelling to think about, but terrible to experience. It is the irreparable fracture between the human being and the place of birth, between the self and its true home: his essential sadness can never be overcome. Bernard is the egg in the basket and feels alienated by a society that does not accept him. Bernard is an alpha even though he has never been fully accepted as such because people often made it up rumors that alcohol was in his blood surrogate. Bernard is alienated from the World State in multiple ways: starting from his conception something went wrong immediately deeming him abnormal. Currently in today's society we still consider those who have congenital defects as abnormal and not them we consider them part of society because they are not normal. As in Bernard's case, alphas see him in an inferior way, which is why Bernard despises all those who are part of the World State and criticizes their motivations and desires. Bernard is not similar to the citizens of the World State because he is in love with Lenina who sees in him nothing but social gain, he becomes very jealous of the men around Lenina making him fiercely angry because he is still... half of the paper..... .ea due to his alienation is unable to take this action and remains full of knowledge and morality about the truth of the World State he despises. Bernard, the protagonist of "Brave New World" written by Aldous Huxley is a character alienated from society because the other Alphas don't accept him due to the made-up rumors that alcohol was in his blood surrogate. However, as Edward Said wrote, "exile can become a 'powerful, even enriching' experience." Although Bernard was alienated from society, he became enriched with knowledge and understanding of other classes such as the Epsilons. He took a trip to the reservation and learned how the savages lived. With alienation comes understanding and higher thinking. Bernard was not only alienated but also enriched because he was not like the others, in the sense that he knew the truth and remained true to his morals..
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