Brave New World Deconstruction: Part 11 We Need to Talk About John

John, in chapters nine and ten, gives us a demonstration of someone who's expectations do not conform to any realistic appreciation of reality. I'm not going to say that he's mentally ill because I don't believe that any of his behavior requires that. I am going to say that, in terms of his expectations and his model of human relations, he's not well.

That's understandable. It's important to remember, in chapter nine, that there are three major models he has for how humans are supposed to relate to each other.
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