A Cage for a Home

     "He had sworn to remember, he had sworn unceasingly to make amends.  And there was he, sitting happily over his bow-stave, singing, actually singing...
     He went indoors, opened the box of mustard, and put some water to boil on the fire." - Brave New World, page 247.

As I get closer to the end of this book, I feel as though I am noticing more and more.  Perhaps it is just my mind thinking there is more to the words than there really is.  Anyway, I determined that instead of creating a place where he can get away from society and be free from all its misfortune, John only draws more attention to himself, pulling the media closer.  For example, John feels that he must stay completely faithful to his dead mother, letting no happiness in at all.  In the quote above, John finds himself singing joyfully and punishes himself thinking that this was some horrible deed.  In reality, John is only creating a cage of a home for himself rather than a place to get away.  This cage reminds me of something like a zoo and for this reason, people have become more attracted to him and fascinated by the whipping and vomiting he induces upon himself.  Really, John brought attention to himself and getting angry and aggressive only makes the situation worse.  People are even more attracted to the savage when he acts less civilized in their eyes.