society, to live with others like himself who think differently that thesociety does. Marx, from the civilized culture, seriously questions the lack ofhistory 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. Byvisiting a reservation, home of an "uncivilized" culture of savages, he isable 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 intohis work as an advertising agent. As a result with this contrast with theother culture, Marx discovers more about himself as well. He is able tosee more clearly the things that had always set him on edge: thepromiscuity, the domination of the government and the lifelessness in whichhe lived. (Allen) John, often referred to as "the Savage" because he was able to leavethe reservation with Marx to go to London to live with him, also has a hardtime adjusting to the drastic changes. The son of two members of themodern society but born and raised on the reservation, John learned fromhis mother the values and the customs of the "civilized" world while livingin a culture that had much different values and practices. Though hismother talked of the promiscuity that she had practiced before she was lefton the reservation (she was accidentally left there while on vacation, muchas Marx was) and did still practice it, John was raised, thanks to thepeople around him, with the belief that these actions were wrong. Seeinghis mother act in a manner that obviously reflected different valuesgreatly affected and hurt John, especially when he returned with Marx toLondon. John loved his mother, but he, a hybrid of the two cultures, wasstuck in the middle. (May) These concepts, human reaction to changes in their culture andquestioning of these changes, are evident throughout the book. Huxley'scharacters either conform to society's demand...
