Many novels aren't even a story without an antagonist. But even non-antagonist characters do rebel against other people and their beliefs. One example from the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is the character, John. In the story, John typically goes against the lifestyle of others because of his different noncomformist views, which are very frowned upon by others, including his father, the dictator. Here are some examples of his behaviors that potentially make him immoral.
One example of John's different behavior and belief is his thoughts on sex. In Brave New World, sex and orgies are something that people have often, including different sex games. Along with that, people would also go off and have sex with different people. John had a different opinion on sex, and was very against their partaking in orgies and even refused sex with character, Linda, and believed in traditional relationship, and only having sex with one partner, which none of the other human created believes, with the exception of Bernard.
Another example of John's different views is his more human and optimistic outlooks on life. In the story, humans are practically trained to fear including objects such as flowers, while John has optimistic views of the world and just wants to see beauty in the world. He also has other human-like views, like fearing death as a bad thing. John's thoughs, views and opinions are greatly inspired and influenced by Shakespeare, and frequently makes allusions to Shakespeare, including quoting various plays that Shakespeare has written including The Tempest and Hamlet.
And this wraps up why John from Brave New World could be considered "immoral". While some people might agree with the ideas of John, to other characters in the story, his opinions to them are immoral since it rebels against their ideas and actions, which could interestingly also be taken into consideration into our own lives as well.
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