"Yes, that's just it." The young man nodded. "If one's different, one's bound to be lonely. They're beastly to one. Do you know, they shut me out of absolutely everything? When the other boys were sent out to spend the night on the mountains–you know, when you have to dream which your sacred animal is–they wouldn't let me go with the others; they wouldn't tell me any of the secrets. I did it by myself, though," he added. "Didn't eat anything for five days and then went out one night alone into those mountains there." He pointed" (Huxley 137).
Disagree, Individuality is a threat to a harmonious society.
In this excerpt, John lives a completely different lifestyle compared to everyone else. In Brave New World, being different is looked upon as weird or un normal. The people are happy because they are on soma. They have no signs of individuality unlike John who believes that everyone should have knowledge and feelings. People are masked by a fake perspective of a perfect society. They are completely blinded. However, John believes that people would be truly happy in this other place. He dreams that there is a better place where everyone will be able to control their own thoughts and feelings without restrictions.
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