In Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World, Mustapha Mond is one of the ten World Controllers. Towards the conclusion of the text, he announces to both Bernard and Helmholtz that they will be exiled from society, which is seen as one of the greatest punishments that can be inflicted in this culture.
Helmholtz's reaction to this news is impressive to Mustapha Mond. Rather than becoming upset or trying to find a way to stay in society,...
In Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World, Mustapha Mond is one of the ten World Controllers. Towards the conclusion of the text, he announces to both Bernard and Helmholtz that they will be exiled from society, which is seen as one of the greatest punishments that can be inflicted in this culture.
Helmholtz's reaction to this news is impressive to Mustapha Mond. Rather than becoming upset or trying to find a way to stay in society, as Bernard does, Helmholtz greets this news with a mixture of stoicism and pleasure. Rather than react to the shock of being punished, Helmholtz actually considers how this act will affect his daily life and well-being, and he realizes that he will be much happier. He then requests a specific type of exile, where he will be isolated and subjected to terrible weather, in order to produce his best poetry. Mond is impressed by Helmholtz's composure and thought process, particularly in contrast to Bernard's.
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