Brave New World Chapter 12- conforming?

(Individuality is/ is not harmful)
" Bernard had to shout through the locked door; the Savage would not open.

"But everybody's there, waiting for you."

"Let them wait," came back the muffled voice through the door.

"But you know quite well, John" (how difficult it is to sound persuasive at the top of one's voice!) "I asked them on purpose to meet you."

"You ought to have asked me first whether I wanted to meet them."

"But you always came before, John."

"That's precisely why I don't want to come again."

"Just to please me," Bernard bellowingly wheedled. "Won't you come to please me?"

"No."

"Do you seriously mean it?"

"Yes."

Despairingly, "But what shall I do?" Bernard wailed.

"Go to hell!" bawled the exasperated voice from within" (Huxley 175).

 

For John, in Brave New World, he has become an instant celebrity which has also created Bernard to be one as well. When Bernard asks John to come out in front of the crowd, he refuses, which then angers Bernard. I think that it was the better option for John to not just do what Bernard asked him. John did not just conform to be what everybody expects or was asking for, this shows his individuality. In this instance I do not believe that it is harming society but Bernard and the citizens may feel it was harmful or wrong.