Brave New World Chapter 9-10- The dismissal

(Individuality is/ is not harmful)
"I know. But that's all the more reason for severity. His intellectual eminence carries with it corresponding moral responsibilities. The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray. It is better that one should suffer than that many should be corrupted. Consider the matter dispassionately, Mr. Foster, and you will see that no offence is so heinous as unorthodoxy of behavior. Murder kills only the individual–and, after all, what is an individual?" With a sweeping gesture he indicated the rows of microscopes, the test-tubes, the incubators. "We can make a new one with the greatest ease–as many as we like. Unorthodoxy threatens more than the life of a mere individual; it strikes at Society itself. Yes, at Society itself," he repeated. "Ah, but here he comes" (Huxley 149-150).







In chapters 9-10 of Brave New World, Bernard returns from the holiday from the reservation. He goes off to meet with the director, and he is already talking to Henry about Bernard's behavior and his dismissal to Iceland. The director says to Henry that the individual behavior of Bernard is negatively going to and is affecting society. He mentions that his behavior is threatening the stability of the New World,  being that Bernard does not act child like, but he is aware and is more mature than the majority. The director also mentions that sacrificing the life of Bernard is not going to affect the society in a big way. In this situation I think that Bernard's individuality is not harmful to a society because its not a good thing for adults to act "infant like", it should be that infants act like that and adults act as adults in order for a society to grow and be prosperous.