sparknotes brave new world mustapha mond

I claim them all,' said the Savage at last. Not to mention the right to grow old and ugly and impotent the right to have syphilis and cancer, the right to have too little to eat the right to be lousy the right to live in constant apprehension of what may happen tomorrow the right to catch typhoid the right to be tortured by unspeakable pains of every kind.' There was a long silence. In fact,' said Mustapha Mond, 'you're claiming the right to be unhappy. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. This reading inspires John to read Shakespeare aloud. Meeting with John and Bernard, Helmholtz reads an anti-social poem he has composed. This embarrasses Bernard and destroys his newly won popularity. 'We prefer to do things comfortably.'īut I don't want comfort. Disgusted with the brave new world, John refuses to attend a party for the Arch Community Singster of Canterbury. All the tonic effects of murdering Desdemona and being murdered by Othello, without any of the inconvenience.' It's the complete physiological equivalent of fear and rage.

It's one of the conditions of perfect health. What?' questioned the Savage, uncomprehending. 'Men and women must have their adrenals stimulated from time to time.' There's a great deal in it,' the Controller replied. “Isn't there something in living dangerously?'

Sparknotes brave new world mustapha mond