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Leaving the Park Lane Hospital for the Dying after his mother dies, John encounters a crowd of Deltas waiting for their daily soma ration. John has been brought to the World State by Bernard from Malpais, a 'savage reservation' where people function in much the same way as they do today. John came willingly because he was an outcast there, mainly owing to his mother Linda's behavior. When he finds himself actually a part of …

…that may cause one to instill fear into his readers. In doing so, he indirectly encourages the reader to embrace the individuality and feeling in their own society. I find this goal of Huxley's admirable because individuality and feeling bring a wonderful diversity to the world, making the world a perpetual learning experience, thus ensuring that we do not end up as cloned, conditioned, emotionless gears in the well-oiled machine of a similar dystopic society.