He helps John to navigate the new world he finds himself in, helping him to see the it with perspective and doing his best to help rescue him when he makes mistakes which could cost him dear. Hemholtz is an archetypal sidekick for Bernard but also acts as a mentor to John in particular. However, she also acts as an archetypal temptress, using her beauty and allure in her attempts to seduce John and tempt him to betray both his friend Bernard and the things he believes in. She does not question the world order in the way that the other characters do, her innocent naivete allowing her to be comfortable with the status quo. Lenina is an archetypal innocent, naive and easily manipulated by others to believe what they want her to. He carries this sense of not belonging and longing for connection with him throughout the novel, and this is seen in his relationships with John and Hemholtz. He has no familial ties due to his creation in an artificial womb and, despite his high caste, he is treated as if he does not belong in the same way orphans often are in literature.
He seeks knowledge, truth and companionship in the world around him.īernard is similarly an outcast from society but can also be seen as an archetypal orphan. He acts as a seeker, on an archetypal journey to find the truth and discover a new world about which he has heard and wants to learn. Initially when we meet him he has been shunned by the society he is brought up in and, despite his celebrity in the World State, he continues to be treated as an outsider to be observed and noted for his difference rather than embraced as part of the new society he has joined. John as a character fits both the archetype of outcast and seeker. What are the Archetypes in Brave New World? What are the Archetypes in Brave New World?.
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