BNW18 - Genius

"'All right then,' said the Savage defiantly, 'I'm claiming the right to be unhappy.'
'Not to mention the right to grow old and ugly and impotent; the right to have syphilis and cancer; the right to have too little to eat; the right to be lousy; the right to live in constant apprehension of what may happen tomorrow; the right to catch typhoid; the right to be tortured by unspeakable pains of every kind.' There was a long silence.
'I claim them all,' said the Savage at last." (Brave New World, pg. 240)
Wow. I applause Aldous Huxley. He did something only Tony Hollowell has done for me. He showed me that suffering DOES belong in our lifes. Yes, we want to be happy. But do we want to live like the people in this society? We want freedom and adventure. He brings us full circle on accepting our sufferings. I see the last line of Ch. 17, "You're welcome" as Huxley speaking. I really like the way he presented what our lives would be like without unhappiness. Very, very ingenious. *applause*