Brave New World Chapter 17- Happiness...

"But I like the inconveniences."

"We don't," said the Controller. "We prefer to do things comfortably."

"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin."

"In fact," said Mustapha Mond, "you're claiming the right to be unhappy."

"All right then," said the Savage defiantly, "I'm claiming the right to be unhappy" (Huxley 246).

 

In Chapter 17, John and Helmholtz continue their argument regarding religion. John says that the people in society would not be in a denial of their own personal opinions and thoughts. The people will not find true happiness in this type of society that does not encourage individualism. Mond simply believes that soma will cure anything and everything that seems to hinder the "New World state", however he is only hindering the individual lifestyle,that John happens to see and believes in.