Introduction Lenina is pneumatic‚ meaning “full of air” this can mean that she is curvy and busty or it could mean that she is mentally pneumatic. Being mentally pneumatic means being dull or lifeless which‚ I believe‚ describes Lenina perfectly. Lenina is also is very sexually impulsive. Whenever something is brought to Lenina’s attention she asks herself how it can affect her sexually. She also is very stressed due to her asking herself a lot of question relating to hers and John’s relationship
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“Orgy-porgy” and have sex. However‚ it is evident at the end of the chapter that the Solidarity Service does not have much of an effect on Bernard’s lonely soul and does nothing to mend his feeling of separateness. I noticed in this chapter how eager Lenina is to advertise and “prove her unfaithfulness to Henry‚” (Huxley 55) which is funny because people nowadays dread the mere notion of having someone find out they are being unfaithful to their partner. I wonder if it is a good thing that the people
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of the Director and Linda. John is one of the protagonists who have grown outside of the World State. He spends his life at his village at the New Mexico Savage Reservation. He doesn’t fit to the World Sate society. For John‚ life is a problem reconciling different worlds. John has interest in the Indian religion ritual. However‚ he is not allowed to participate in their rituals. This shows the cultural divide between him and the World State society because Bernard and Lenina see the tribal ritual
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lack of productivity leads to the government’s ease in taking the society over. All of the characters in the novel attempt to create happiness through superficial means‚ and in a way it works because “everybody’s happy now” (Huxley 75). However‚ for Linda and John‚ it is not enough‚ and especially for John after his mother dies. B. Efficient Society The New World is built entirely upon Ford’s principles‚ and thus Ford is worshipped as a god‚ this‚ however‚ makes it seem as though consumerism is supposed
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and Lenina are in the savage reserve Lenina says‚ “I wish I had my soma… A gramme is better than a damn” (pg. 116). Lenina is aghast by the residents of the reserve from their wrinkled bodies‚ to their old age. Whenever “damn” is said in Lenina’s mind she repeats the phrase due to conditioning. As people crave for modern technology the residents of the World State crave soma. Linda represents the addiction toward soma‚ “She[Linda] took as much as twenty grammes a day… for on soma-holiday Linda was
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compared to the lift that was "crowded with men from the Alpha Changing Rooms" with Lenina discussing about private business (57). During his date with Lenina‚ the storming seas made him feel "not so completely a part of something else‚" meaning an individual‚ something that most people in the World State did not know or seem to think about. Unlike everyone else‚ he was able to find comfort in the vast sea while Lenina was "appalled by the rushing emptiness" (90). Likewise‚ Huxley’s protagonist that
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no morals. Bernard is kind of like the “Winston Smith” from George Orwell’s 1984. He questions society and goes against a lot‚ if not all‚ of their ideas. John the “Savage”- John is found at a Savage Reservation located in New Mexico. Bernard and Lenina go there as a date and end up encountering John. After talking‚ Bernard realizes that he is the lost son of the Director‚ kind of Bernard’s enemy. Bernard brings John
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society such as the one represented in this book‚ the people still revolt against the government. There are people in this book who change things‚ like Bernard or John the Savage‚ and there are people who help keep this society running smoothly‚ like Lenina or Tomakin. I ’ve focused mainly on these four characters because they seem to be the most influential in the story. Ordinarily‚ Bernard would have been the perfect conformist‚ with the desire to fit in that would drive him to do anything
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certain character‚ Linda‚ John the Savage’s mother‚ consumes obscene amounts of soma to satiate her addiction. She lies in bed‚ completely useless and unable to even control herself. Over time‚ she has to keep taking soma to get a similar holiday‚ until “Linda stirred uneasily‚ opened her eyes for a moment‚ looked vaguely around‚ and then once more dropped off to sleep. ‘Popé’‚ she murmured‚ and closed her eyes… ‘But Linda! … don’t you know me?’”(203-204) This exchange between Linda and John shows the
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New World Essay James Ringley Period-3B In Brave New World‚ by Aldous Huxley‚ Linda experiences the effects of exile after she becomes lost and forgotten at a savage reservation. Due to Linda being from civilization‚ she is an outcast among the savages and frequently made fun of. Despite her exile being an alienating experience‚ it allows her to do things that would normally be prohibited in civilization. While Linda was with the savages she was unable to convince them to allow her into their group
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