Lenina Quotes

Imagine living in a world where it is uncommon for babies to be conceived through sex, but instead in places called hatcheries. There is ultimately no such thing as “being in love” as everyone belongs to everyone, which means its the norm to only have sexual partners. And drugs are formulated and scientifically modified to create euphoria in a state of over exhaustion, stress, anger, etc. the whole purpose of soma is to create give people a distraction so they would not be concerned with living in a dystopian society. It begins with the main character in the novel, Bernard Marx is an outsider his caste system as an Alpha Plus. Immediately one can infer that he is different from the rest of his peers, labeled as an outcast. Which in most cases
Bernard takes Lenina out on a helicopter date up over the West looking out at the breathtaking view of the World State. The feelings that Bernard has for Lenina are growing stronger and more complicated because remember, feeling love or such strong emotions are unheard of therefore Bernard does not know how to act around her for fear of offending her or coming on too strong. Lenina is lost in her own world as she does not realize or understand the affection bernard is showing her, she really wants to sleep with him while under the effects of Soma. Bernard refuses to take the Soma that Lenina offers because he would rather remember the night they are spending together. Bernard basically tells Lenina that he has feelings for her but she responds with confusion as it is not the norm for people in the world state to have intense feelings for one another. Pressured by Lenina, Bernard finally gives in and takes the soma, forgetting the entire night prior."Have a gramme," suggested Lenina he refused, preferring his anger. (Huxley 31-2) Peer pressure is how the younger generation gets started into the world of drugs. For example, a teenager could be at a party with some friends and then all of the sudden get asked to smoke weed or take xanax to “relax”. With all of their friends around watching and saying things like, “come on dude just
Through the characters he shows what drugs can slowly do to a person, especially a person who is fragile. In the book everyone is separated and places into separate systems called the Caste System. It was designed to create identity, community and stability to avoid peeling out of place with people who aren't like them. One of the major reasons why people in the World State is to avoid whatever makes you feel “bad”. An individual cannot think on their own because it will scare off others who are comfortable being conditioned to be the same as everyone else. Another thing is there is no such thing as child birth, one of the most beautiful and peer things a woman can do is give life but that is stolen from the women just like their identities. Drug and Alcohol abuse are are an extremely serious matter that destroys the lives of others everyday. I it is important to be educated on the matter regardless of what is at