In the ending John became what he did not believe in. He did the nasty with Lenina and also became a part of the New World by joining in on an orgy. He was upset with himself and was depressed. So to top it off he hanged himself.
Bernard is hosting a party for John. Since John is known as the savage now everyone wanted to see him. Bernard thought everyone was there for him but they were really just there to see John. Once everyone that came to the party realized that John wasn't there they get mad at Bernard and started calling him names. Then they all left. This chapter shows that Bernard really isn't anything without John. Bernard and Lenina get to New Mexico. Lenina is shaken by what she sees while she's on the reservation. When Lenina sees the old man she freaks out because people from the New World don't become old. Unlike Lenina, Bernard thinks that it is amazing how they live. He also thought that it was cool how the mother would feed her child. This chapter is pretty weird and isn't like our society at all. They are have kids play around with each other naked and encourage them to play sexually also. It is also not normal for them to have only one partner. In chapter 1 we read about how the people are not allowed to have babies. The babies are only allowed to be created in a factory. In chapter 2 the authors tells us how the baby's are taught and taken care of. They have a few different experiments done on them. The baby's are taught to not like books or flowers. In chapter 4 Bernard goes to a meeting and he doesn't agree with what everyone is saying. He gets upset and take off in his helicopter. Lenina and him have went on quite a few dates and he tells her how he wants to go to the savage colony. I'm surprised Bernard started taking a turn for the worst. . It's like he doesn't care anymore. He is starting to sleep around and take a lot of soma now, and he didn't do before. He's losing hisself being under pressure from the rest of society. It seems like Johns becoming like the old Bernard, he doesn't want to sleep with anyone and he doesn't want soma. I thought Bernard would make it more of a big deal.. Lenina convinces Bernard to go to a wrestling match. Lenina keeps trying to get Bernard yo take soma. Bernard finally takes a large dose of soma and then did the nasty with Lenina. But then the next day he tells Lenina that he didn't want to do the nasty with her on the first night. Bernard tells the director thinking that he would disapprove but the director tells Bernard that he once took a girl there 20 years back. She was lost during a storm and was never seen again. Then the director threatens to exile him to Iceland. Bernard is proud for being considered a rebel. |