"Because I'm unhappy again: that's why. "Well, I'd rather be unhappy than have the sort of false, lying happiness you were having" (Huxley 179).
Disagree, Individuality is a threat to a harmonious society.
In this quote, John accuses Bernard's idea of happiness as false and a lie. Both perspectives of John and Bernard are completely different. They both have contrasting ideas of what happiness is. The environment in which they both grew up in has a huge factor in why they believe certain things. Bernard does not have much of a broad understanding of what true happiness is unlike John. John was raised in a harsh environment and very differently. He finds Bernard to be immature and lacking depth. This is due to the manipulation and conditioning of the State. He has not been exposed to certain things.
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