"Undoing all their wholesome death-conditioning with this disgusting outcry-as though death were something terrible, as though any one mattered as much as all that!" (Brave New World, page 206)
A nurse states this quote as she is witnessing children watching John mourn the lost of his mother. The paradox appears completely ridiculous because as the readers, we don't understand how someone could not mourn after a death. However, the statement is a paradox because it contains the truth that in this place, death is looked upon as a necessity and not a tragedy. I think the paradox is effective because it really makes the reader recognize how different this society is from our own, where death is really not taken seriously at all, just accepted.
John has now lost the only person who he was close to. Nevertheless, not even Linda fully understood John because she too was raised in the civilized society. It's very difficult for me to comprehend the idea of not having a family and not mourning after death. I feel like the reader can relate to John because he too does not understand the ways of this society.
I don't know if John will completely give up and lose hope or strive to change the society. I feel like he is the type of person who seeks change.
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