The second third of Brave New World begins with Bernard and Lenina entering the savage reservation. There they are confronted with multiple things deemed disgusting for a "civilized" person. When Lenina sees anything undesirable she gets upset and feels she needs her forgotten soma. Soma is used to give relief and instant happiness to whoever takes it and plays a major role in the civilized society. The re-occurring idea that's tied with soma is that people don't want to face any problems in their lives, but would rather take an easy way out. In the savage reservation all the things people lose, both good and bad, from taking soma.
In this section of the book the setting takes a major change. The savage reservation in a completely different place than the civilized society Bernard and Lenina are used to, and in Leninas case its almost unbearable. The big thing the savage reservation shows is everything that the civilized society has left behind like marriage, religion, and family. This shows the change that society needed to take in order to have a "Perfect" society.
The language of John the Savage is different from any other character in the book. John read as a young boy the works of Shakespeare and as a result began to talk like Shakespeare wrote. This difference in language helps to separate John from both his savage home and the civilized society. Huxley does this to show that it is impossible to have both societies in one. John was born from a civilized parent and was taught some of their ideas and values, but he also grew up in the savage community and learned about family and religion. And because he had a bit of both he was an outsider and was treated terribly.
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