world controller, shows this when speaking of his choice to take a chance at becoming a world leader over being able to practice his pure science isolated from society, "'Sometimes,' he added, 'I rather regret the science. Happiness is a hard master…A much harder master, if one isn't conditioned to accept it unquestioningly, than truth,'" (Huxley 233). Mond is one of the ten most powerful people on earth, and yet he is not truly happy. He knows that most of the world is based on lies to keep the citizens happy, while he would prefer to expand knowledge, finding truth and beauty in life. After awhile, the life of the Utopians is an extremely shallow existence, especially if one knows the truth. John the Savage was raised outside of the brave new world, with influences from his Indian life, mother's stories of Utopia, and the plays of Shakespeare, so he can look at this new society from a more accurate viewpoint. He thinks Utopia is a sick and amoral society, and even tries to change it when confronted with a crowd of genetically copied twins receiving their government soma ration. He shouts at them, "'But do you like being slaves?…Do you like being babies? Yes, babies. Mewling and puking…Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'" (Huxley 218). He then throws out the soma, which starts a riot, and the police have to come stop it. John is the only one who can clearly see the moral depravation of their society. The chemical dependence and extreme promiscuity of these people appears to keep them happy, but it is not true happiness. True happiness comes from within, and this is something impossible for Utopians to obtain. In the end, it is evident that the brave new world is not nearly as wonderful as it looks at a glance. While they have succeeded in removing many problems now plaguing mankind, the price they pay is too high. ...
