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The Story of John

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John comes to hear of Christianity and the Native American religion which both affect his morality. He bases what he thinks is right and wrong off of what he has learned from the Indians. For example, he thinks its right to sacrifice oneself for the better of society

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Similar to the Indians on the reservation, John bases what he thinks is right and wrong off of what his mother has told him. He was taught different morals from the groups of people because the Indians are seen as savages while Linda was from the New World. He learned to read and he was taught the benefits of it. He has also learned from the mistakes of Linda, for example, he knows that not everyone belongs to everyone else. Also, Linda rarely acted like a mother to John because of how she grew up. So John did not have a close connection to family.

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The book of Shakespeare's works was John's best way of practicing reading, something that the other savages did not do. John used Shakespeare as a source of emotion and thought. It became one of his sources of morality because he was able to express his feelings into words and actions. For example, his feeling of hatred towards Pope was finally put into context after John read Shakespeare's works. "Suddenly there were more words...The magic was on his side, the magic explained and gave orders." (Huxley 133)
So he was able to justify his actions through Shakespeare.

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25 years ago, Linda and the director went to the forest and engaged in sexual behavior.

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After this, Linda fell into a ditch and hit her head. She was unconscious, but the Director looked for her until he couldn't continue, because he didn't have any more soma to ease the pain in his knee. Linda was presumed dead so the DHC eventually left and went back to the city.

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Linda later woke up and went to the reservation. She realized that she was pregnant and couldn't get an abortion. She gave birth to John on the reservation and he was raised with the others.

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Linda found a book of Shakespeare's works and gave it to John to practice his reading. He enjoys learning new words and eventually begins to use them to better express himself and his feelings. For example, when he is talking about how much he hates Pope, his hate intensifies because he now has words to describe his feelings.

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John combines different realities, from the new world to different religions. "Lying in bed, he would think of Heaven and London and Our Lady of Acoma and the rows and rows of babies in clean bottles and Jesus flying up and Linda flying up and the great Director of World Hatcheries and Awonawilona." (Huxley 128)

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Part of his relgion is becuase of the culture around him in the reservation. John wanted to sacrfice himslef for the Indian rituals, but is not allowed because he and his mom are seen as outcasts in the community.

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Since John's morality is affected by all of the things he has contact with we can infer that once he goes the New World his system of morality will most likely change.

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Linda teaches John morals from the new world, he learned that everybody does not belong to eveybody. He also learned ways to express himself through shakesphere.

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John thinks that the Director abandoned him and doesn't care for him or his mother. He believes that the DHC chose to leave Linda and later John. In reality, the DHC looked for Linda until he could no longer bear the pain. He actually did care, because he wasn't supposed to and shouldn't have gotten into a relationship like this, but he did, and then lied about it. He and Linda only wanted each other, even though they are supposed to belong to everybody in their society.

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Did John learn morality from the Indians on the Reservations, from Linda, from Shakespeare, or from another source?

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Is John's system of morality religious in nature?

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For the most part John's morality is based off of relgion because of the culture he grew up around in the reservation but it is also influened by what he learns from his mother and the writings of shakesphere.