Brave New Essay

To choose an essay topic, I looked at the blogs of Erica, Marisol, Kelly, Amara, Maddi, Miranda, Javi, Maria, Allyson, Miki



Select a novel, play, or epic in which a character experiences such a rift and becomes cut off from “home,” whether that home is the character’s birthplace, family, homeland, or other special place. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the character’s experience with exile is both alienating and enriching, and how this experience illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole. You may choose a work from the list below or one of comparable literary merit. Do not merely summarize the plot.
 - I like this prompt the best out of the ones founds but lacking the meaning of the work as a whole because I have not read the entire book

     In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, several characters are distinct from the others within their castes such as Hemholtz and Bernard within the Alphas. To be in exile, a character can be physically separated from their birth place, or can be cut off mentally and emotionally from the people within their birthplace. Bernard experiences an exile without being removed from home due to his differences that lead to alienation as well as benefits.

 The normal for Alphas is big in height and stature, while you have the easy authority of the lower castes. Soma was eaten regularly for content and controllable individuals. From very early on within Brave New World, the author, Aldous Huxley makes the distinction of Bernard to others in his caste (alphas). His physical appearance differs from the other castes such as Hemholtz who is the ideal Alpha in stature and size. Bernard's size deficiency leads to lower castes not giving him obedience that an Alpha should have. This becomes alienating for Bernard since  he is set apart from other alphas are given respect while some of the lower castes do not see him as superior.
  
 Another experience that sets Bernard apart from the rest of the alphas, is him "enjoying" soma. Bernard must pretend he is affected by the soma and fit in with the others. Bernard's alienation demonstrates the humanity left in him, while the others have lost theirs. Bernard's ability to express emotions demonstrates that he is human and sets him apart from the others, but it also enriches him. Because Bernard isn't taking the soma that everyone is taking to be controlled and happy, he is granted an ability others lack. The ability to have independent thoughts and ability to express emotions

Huxley uses characters such as Hemholtz to compare the humanity that lays within the "normal" alphas as opposed to outcast Bernard. He is cut off from his home because is size, and physical appearance. His humanity created independent thoughts and thinking which made him distinct from the other alphas who had no independent thoughts.