Morality In Brave New World

A person who is raised in a religious home is very likely to have different moral standards than to a person who was never taught a religion. The surrounding which a person is grown up in is what shapes and prompts one's principles. In Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, John’s surroundings shape and change the morals he grew up with in the Reservation and the ones he was prompted by in the civilized London; which shows us the theme of culture prompting morals.

Since John was a child he was introduced to a culture that was now considered “ancient”. In the novel it says, “And sometimes, when he and the other children were tired with too much playing, one of the old men of the pueblo would talk to them, in those other words, of the great Transformer of the World … of Jesus and Pookong; of Mary and Estanatlehi (Huxley 40).” Here we
“‘You’d have a reason for chastity!’ said the Savage blushing a little as he spoke the words. ‘But chastity means passion, chastity means neurasthenia. And passion and neurasthenia mean instability. And instability means the end of civilization. You can't have a lasting civilization without plenty of pleasant vices’ ‘But god’s the reason for everything noble and fine and heroic. If you had a God”, as said in the novel (Huxley 74-75). When John was introduced to this new world he was outraged that the people in a “civilized” society would have such low moral standards and claim they were “happy.” However as John spent more time in this new culture he began to accept it. We see this in the novel when a doctor is explaining the purpose and justifying the consumption of soma, “John began to understand... “All the same,” John persisted, “i don’t believe it’s right.” … In the end John was forced to give in (Huxley 48),” Although John did not completely agree with their ways his high moral standards slowly began to