infinite imperfections. One of the main characters‚ Bernard‚ is introduced. He is considered odd by most people‚ but that is because he thinks for himself and questions whether he should conform to society. He has feelings for another character‚ Lenina‚ who is attracted to Bernard‚ but reluctant to spend much time with him because of his abnormal behavior. Bernard and Lenina plan a trip to a “savage reservation” in New Mexico. Before leaving‚ Bernard speaks with a director for approval‚ and the director
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from the social body. Bernard is frustrated that he cannot “enlighten” Lenina. Lenina‚ like everyone else in the World State Society‚ from birth‚ has been taught the “everyone belongs to everyone else” and that individuality is wrong. Bernard wishes that his society was more individual and that people did not have to “belong to everyone else”. By trying to make Lenina understand why “not [being] so completely a part of something else” (90) is important to him‚ in a way Bernard is trying to have Lenina
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This poem’s title‚ Gerontion‚ is Greek for “little old man”. This title ties in with the poem’s theme of an old man pondering about life and death. Eliot continues his use of dryness; in this poem he uses it to represent hopelessness and purposelessness. However‚ the pervading theme of this poem is death‚ afterlife‚ and Christianity. Lines that particularly reflect these themes are lines 17-20‚ “Signs are taken for wonders. ‘We would see a sign!’/The word within a word‚ unable to speak a word
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affects everyone in the family however it’s more harmful to the children. Every family has a different approach in how they deal with the conflict. As a class we have read and discussed Caroline Hwang’s essay “The Good Daughter.” as well as Janna Malamud Smith’s essay “My Son‚ My Compass.” There is different approach illustrated by Hwang’s and Smith’s essay as they choose their own lifestyle and confront their parent’s arrogant behavior. Hwang essay explains how immigrant children are living a paradox
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Helmholtz Watson‚ Bernard’s friend‚ is also introduced in this chapter as a handsome and fit man‚ but with a mental excess just like Bernard and a feeling of being different. In chapter five‚ Bernard attends his weekly compulsory Solidarity Service‚ which we learn is an orgy where twelve people sit in a circle and drug themselves‚ all the while singing and chanting to summon a Greater Being and become one. Afterwards
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co- worker of Mr. Bernard‚ the Production Director‚ in which he criticizes Mr. Bernard. “Bernard was called into Warner’s office and handed a letter by the PGD” p.75 As causes of symptoms‚ we have identified some problems that we are going to analyze : Confirmation Bias is a form of thinking error based on the tendency to seek out information which supports our believes and ignore contradictory information : Bernard had developed firm ideas about
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New World‚ there are multiple unorthodox characters‚ but Bernard Marx‚ Helmholtz Watson‚ and Mustapha Mond are the most unorthodox characters throughout the book. Bernard Marx proves that he is unorthodox multiple times throughout the book. The physical height of Marx is a clear indication that he is unorthodox. Although Bernard Marx has the status of Alpha-Plus‚ he is the height of a Gamma. People would even discuss what happened to Bernard: “For whatever the cause (and the current gossip about
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chapter is that Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson both feel out of place in the society that they were placed in. Bernard Marx is insecure about his height and Helmholtz is a little too smart for his own good. Because they both feel the same way‚ a friendship develops between them. Purpose: The purpose of this section is to introduce the feeling of isolation that Bernard and Helmholtz are experiencing. It develops a conflict within the story. Summary: Lenina tells Bernard that she accepts
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empties and the young savage approaches Bernard and Lenina. This man is white and speaks English‚ unlike the others. His name is John and he explains his story and how his mother is not from the village‚ but was once visiting with a man and fell down a ravine and a few hunters found her and brought her back to the reservation. Bernard remembers his director’s story and continues to get close with John. John continues to explain his life story and eventually Bernard offers to bring John and his mother
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intelligent and Epsilons are the least intelligent. Epsilons have to do very simple work; that is why they are conditioned to like that kind of work. . Bernard and Lenina both work in a factory‚ where children are made. Bernard is an Alpha plus‚ who looks like a Gamma and therefor he’s a bit of an outcast. Lenina is a very populair girl among the Alpha’s. Bernard likes Lenina and he askes her to go to an Indian reservation with him. In the Indian reservation they meet John‚ whose mother Linda once came from
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