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Brave New World Ch. 18 Notes

In this last chapter it talked about how John makes himself look crude, but brilliant for his claim why he is unhappy. Benard and Halmholtz were going to be sent to the island, but the controller canceled it because he wanted to continue with some experiment. The savage also sets himself to hermit in an aboned air lighthouse used for helicopters. He was discovering when he accedintly got whipped by one of the propellers. Then the reporters faked or lied about everything. John is also pushing himself in a sexual way to Lenina. He also hits her as well as himself. Then the next day John wakes up hating himself and wanting to kill himself. Once the new crowd comes they found out that he did kill himself. John killed himself because he couldn't support the savage or the utopia life. So, he decided to find the third way which was suicide. 

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