freedom means the possibility of disease, starvation, and misery. Mond describes soma as "christianity without tears." john wants freedom while mond wants stability and comfort. the discomfort and the pain, john maintains, are an essential part of freedom, beauty, and religion. a worthwhile human life requires suffering and danger, from which will spring nobility and heroism. a life of constant amusement and pleasure, he argues, is "degrading." people cannot experience true happiness if they have never known any differently. John's view: mond sees comfort as the pinnacle of human experience, john sees it as a barrier to growth and spirituality. god is irrelevant in the brave new world, because material world never loses its pleasure. Monds view: people turn to religion only when age and discomfort impel them to look beyond the physical world. Mond knows about god and religion from the forbidden books he has read, while John has actually lived a religious life in malpais, surrounded by the rituals of worship and purifying himself in fasting and suffering.
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