Brave New World: 8

" 'From the beginning. As far back as you can remember' " (123).

Pretty much the entirety of chapter eight is John's flashback to tell Bernard everything he can remember about his past with the Indians. The purpose of the flashback is to give readers a sense of how the Indians lived. It highlights the many differences and very few similarities between the two lifestyles. The flashback is effective because it gives the information from the point of view of someone who has lived one of the ways of life and has been exposed to information and stories about the other lifestyle. This two-sided knowledge gives John a unique point of view when telling the story of his childhood.

Also in chapter eight, we are introduced to the title of the book. John repeats "O brave new world" (139) multiple times to Bernard when Bernard offers to try to take John and Linda back to the civilized world in London. This is a peculiar choice of words because John has never been to the "Other Place" and has no idea if it is a brave new world. He has never experienced it for himself and only has his mother's interpretation to go off of. I am excited to see if his vision of a "brave new world" is really what John will find if he does get to go to London.