imself who think differently that the society does.Marx from the civilized culture, seriously questions the lack of history that his society has.He also wonders as to the lack of books , banned because they were old and did not encourage the new culture. By visiting a reservation, home of an uncivilized culture of savages, he is able to see first hand something of what life and society use to be like. Afterwards he returns and attempts to incorporate some of what he saw into his work as an advertising agent. As a result with this contrast with the other culture, Marx discovers more about himself as well. He is able to see more clearly the things that had always set him on edge: the promiscuity, the domination of the government and the lifelessness in which he lived. (Allen,2)John, often referred to as the Savage because he was able to leave the reservation with Marx to go to London to live with him, also has a hard time adjusting to the drastic changes. The son of two members of the modern society but born and raisedon the reservation, John learned from his mother the values and the customs of the civilized world while living in a culture that had much different values and practices. Though his mother talked of the promiscuity that she had practiced before she was left on the reservation and did still practice it, John was raised, thanks to the people around him,with the belief that these actions were wrong. Seeing his mother act in a manner that obviously reflected different values greatly affected and hurt John, especially when he returned with Marx to London. John loved his mother, but he, hybrid of the two cultures,was stuck in the middle. (May, 5)Like Brave New World characters escaping from reality through the use of soma,Montags wife , and many other characters, escape through watching a sophisticated formof television. This television system covers three of the walls of montags TV room, has a control unit that allows the watch...
