Despite his best efforts to change it, it seems the world will never know the same freedom he has grown to love. When eager reporters follow him inside, they find his corpse hanging on the stairway. Huxley admits, "Pain was a fascinating horror."Įventually the Savage becomes so disgusted with the whole situation he retreats to the lighthouse, hoping to find solitude. Soon noisy reporters camp out on the land in order to make a feely about him. Soon the Savage begins to beat himself with a whip, punishing himself for the world’s transgressions.Īt first, he is undisturbed and left to live in peace, but soon inquisitive visitors find him, wondering what on earth he’s doing. It’s this location where the Savage plans to purify himself and "to escape further contamination by the filth of civilized life." He does this by carrying out a traditional Reservation religious ceremony in which he calls on God for forgiveness for his lust for Lenina and lack of concern for Linda’s troubled death. The Savage chooses to live as a hermit, alone in a deserted area where only an old lighthouse remains. The last chapter paints a hopeless portrait of the future for the Savage, and indeed mankind in general.
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