"'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" (240).
I found this quote to be the most significant because it describes our world today, the Old World in the novel. Mond described everything horrible in the Old World, trying to show the appeal of the New World to John. Despite these arguments, John laid claim to his way of life, the way of society before modern London was developed. John knew that although the world consisted of these plights, the Old World also had so much more beauty and freedom than the New World. John speaks for the reader when he rejects the modern society and claims the old society, troubles and all. He wants the right to believe in God, the right to read Shakespeare, the right to be an individual, the right to have a purpose in life, the right to enjoy beautiful things, and the right to create one's own happiness. It was at this moment that I was the most proud of John because he stood for what he knew was right and laid claim to what was his. He did not bend under the pressure from the New World, and he did not conform to the ways of the New World because that was the easiest thing to do. John knew that for every horrible thing that happened in the Old World, many more beautiful things happened as well. John not only laid claim on the Old World, but he also claimed his freedom and happiness. I really admired John's strength and his decision, and that was when he became the hero in my eyes.
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