Now, on the subject of money: in John's days as a guinea pig for the Controller and Bernard's grand experiment, he was given some cash for personal expenses.So John settles into his new life of seclusion among the beauteous woods, groves, ponds, and flowers.Unfortunately, the lovely scenic view is slightly marred by seven huge skyscrapers, a reminder of the civilized world. Still, he climbs up to the top of the lighthouse tower and looks over at Hog's Back, a geographical formation that resembles, well, you can probably guess what it resembles.He doesn't think he deserves any of this. The next morning, John is again unhappy with his surroundings they're not miserable enough.John also stretches his arms out "in mock crucifixion" until his whole body aches, the whole time begging, "Forgive me! Make me pure!".This isn't the first time Huxley has mashed together different religious systems, figures, and icons.)
This is interesting because it looks like Puukon has a twin, but in Brave New World he's paired up with Jesus. Here's an illustration of him (when you open the link, he's the image on right side). (For what it's worth: the text states that John prays to "Jesus and Pookong." We're thinking Pookong = Puukon, a war God in the mythology of Native Americans New Mexico.The first night he spends on his knees, not so much sleeping as praying to God, to every sort of god, actually, from the Christian God in Hamlet to the gods of the Savage Reservation.Upon arrival, John regrets that the place isn't a little more abandoned and decrepit, but he figures it will make do for his self-purging.Suffice it to say, it's on a hill outside London. That someplace turns out to be an abandoned lighthouse "between Puttenham and Elstead," which means nothing to those of us who aren't intimately familiar with London's various locales.He's going away tomorrow, to someplace where he can "be alone." But John is having none of that, he says.John tells Helmholtz that he asked Mustapha if he could go to the island, too, but Mustapha said that he wasn't allowed to because it was necessary to "go on with the experiment.".And then… the three men are happy, perhaps because of their sadness, because sadness "was the symptom of their love for each other.".Bernard then apologizes for flipping out earlier, but John, ever-magnanimous, stops him.This is his way of getting "civilization" and "wickedness" out of his body.) It makes the afflicted individual throw up John is purging himself the way he saw the Indians do it on the Reservation. (Um…what? John's "mustard and warm water" is a simple treatment for poisoning.He then ate his own wickedness, he says, along with some mustard and water. John explains that he was sick because he ate civilization and it poisoned him. Helmholtz and Bernard (who has calmed down) find John in the bathroom, throwing up.
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