chapter | Who? | Where + When? | What? | Chapter I | Director‚ students‚ Henry Foster‚ Lenina | Central London Hatchery and Conditioning CentreYear A.F. 632 | - World State’s motto: ‘Community‚ Identity Stability’ - The Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning (D.H.C.) shows some new arrived students the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre–> introduces them to the principles of the mass production of humans- There are groups of ‘alpha’‚ ‘beta’‚ ‘gamma’‚ ‘delta’ and ‘epsilon’ - Work
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However‚ when further examined‚ the female characters‚ Linda and Lenina‚ are in many ways emotionally and intellectually above their male counterpart‚ John‚ who is Linda’s son and Lenina’s love interest. Our first impression of Lenina can be rather misleading in that she is presented as a typical woman in the Brave New World. She comes across as very superficial‚ caring only about herself and the occasional men. In her conversation with a friend‚ Lenina speaks of "having Henry"� (40) as if he isn’t even
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New World. Throughout the course of the text‚ women are often subjected to the rules and expectation of the men‚ who also control the society. If they attempt to break free of the norm of society‚ they are subject to scrutiny. In particular‚ Lenina and Linda question the limits put on sex‚ whether it is promiscuity or monogamy‚ and both are reprimanded for it. The text shows the limitations of women in Huxley’s society and the difference in standards‚ in regards to sex‚ between men and women. The
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other‚ they must have sex. However‚ John does not believe that. When Lenina and John fall in love with each other‚ Lenina quickly takes of all her clothes and gets ready for sex. “She put her hand to her neck and gave a long vertical pull; her white sailor’s blouse was ripped to hem; suspicion condensed into a too‚ too solid certainty. ‘Lenina what are you doing?’”(Hexley 193). However‚ John does not want to and he gets angry at Lenina for being a whore. “And a though awakened by her cry he caught her
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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 the civilized world and got lost in the reservation. Lenina finds Linda horrible and disgusting‚ because she has
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civilization. However‚ there is still some form of individuality in each person‚ specifically in the characters Bernard‚ Lenina‚ and Linda. Within each of these characters‚ their difference in personality does not fit the norms of society‚ and they therefore try to suppress their own traits with unique methods such as soma. In times of sadness and despair‚ Bernard‚ Lenina‚ and Linda each give up a part of their own individuality and ideology‚ sticking to the conventions of the World State society which
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Reservation. The Director launches into a story about a visit to the Reservation he had made with a woman twenty years earlier‚ in which‚ during a storm‚ the woman was lost and never recovered. Finally‚ he gives Bernard the permit‚ and Bernard and Lenina depart for the Reservation. Before heading into the Reservation‚ Bernard calls Helmholtz and learns that the Director has grown weary of what he sees as Bernard’s difficult and unsocial behavior and is planning to exile Bernard to Iceland when he
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life been like here? How does Lenina react to her? She travelled to the Reservation with the director a long time ago‚ but she got lost and he left without her. She accidently got pregnant and horrifyingly gave birth to her son John. He pities herself and her life in Malpais‚ is ashamed for having a baby. Lenina pities her for doing these awful things she has been conditioned to be disgusted with. CHAPTER 8 1. What was John’s upbringing like? His relationship with Linda? His education? He had a tough
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civilization. Bernard felt himself different; he wanted to feel emotions and not just live day by day on fake happiness. Bernard expresses his frustration to be feel different when he states‚ “ But wouldn’t you like to be free to be happy in some other way‚ Lenina? In your own way‚ for example‚ not in everybody else’s way” (90). Bernard was tired of being enslaved by his conditioning. The people of the New World were all taught to think‚ act‚ and see things a certain way. No individuality. Living in a
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