After being introduced to the way that the Hatchery and Conditioning centre works we are now introduced to different places, a garden to be exact. In the garden there's a large amount of naked children playing with each other running around. The Director is interrupted by the cries of a little boy sitting in the bushes separated from everyone. The director later finds out that the boy is uncomfortable with the erotic play in which the children are expected to participate in. Then the director sends the little boy to see the psychologist. The Director also explains the students that sexual play during childhood and adolescence used to be considered abnormal and immoral, that it wasn't something they would do just out of nowhere. This seems to surprise the student in a very interesting way. As the director talks to the students about the world before a man comes in interrupts. Mustapha Mond comes in and talks to the students. The students are overwhelmed by meeting Mond, the Resident Controller for Western Europe, and one of only ten World Controllers. So, basically the smartest person at the World State. Mond begins to describe life in the time before the World State began its policy of tight control. He talks about the Nine Years War and the biological and chemical involvement in the tense and horrendous war. We also are noted that Henry and Lenina are heading to the changing room to prepare for their "date". However, Bernard Marx, who is known to have an unpleasant reputation, seems to overhear the conversation between Henry and the Assistant about Lenina. Henry tells the Assistant that he should “have her” some time. The conversation disgusts Bernard in some way, even though he's not related to Lenina. While that happens in the men's room Lenina and Fanny Crowne talk about Lenina's relationship status. Fanny is surprised that Lenina is still dating Henry after four months, even though he has other women. She advises Lenina to be more talk to other men. Lenina mentions that Bernard Marx, an Alpha Plus hypnopaedia specialist, asked her to to go the Savage Reservation with him. Fanny warns that Bernard has a bad reputation because he's not a normal Alpha. There's apparently a rumor of him, that someone injected alcohol into his bottle when he was a baby. He's different from all Alphas and lacks confidence. However, Lenina finds him charming. When Lenina tells Bernard in front of all coworkers that she accepts his invitation to the Savage Reservation, Bernard becomes shy and embarrassed. He later asks her to discuss with him about it privately. After he leaves, he meets with his friend Helmholtz Watson, who is in the other hand popular and very handsome. But their friendship sparked because of their disaatisfaction of their own jobs and other things. This book reminds me of Fahrenheit 451. It's interesting to see how there's restrictions, like of books, and they don't want people to be reminded of the world and its "dark" past. As we are introduced to different characters and their opinions it's interseting to see their perspective from living in such a world. Some of the characters that brought my attention were Henry and Bernard. We are introduced to Henry Foster in the beginning of the book and we have now found out that he’s a very open Alpha who is committed to this work but doesn’t really know how to handle his relationship with Lenina. He seems to offer Lenina to other workers at the World State, which for me seems to be such a bad thing. He is a perfectly conventional Alpha male, casually discussing Lenina’s body with his coworkers. His success with Lenina, and his casual attitude about it, infuriate the jealous Bernard. In the other hand Bernard is an Alpha male who fails to fit in because of his inferior physical stature. He holds unorthodox beliefs about sexual relationships, sports, and community events. His insecurity about his size and status makes him discontented with the World State. The government structure is a little different from ours today, in the way that the government is very involved in child development. All the humans are created by the government and put into certain classes. They prioritize others and some they electrecute. The higher class doesn’t suffer as much and have large roles in the community. Of course there’s some similarities like the advancement of technology and science, and it’s great appliance to our community.
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Paulina
6/11/2018 08:10:54 pm
Very detailed and great connections. Why do you think Bernard is different if they are all programmed to be alike? Have you enjoyed the book so far?
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Piper Hallack
6/11/2018 08:28:59 pm
What did you think about the story that is being told so far? How do you think it will affect the children its being told to?
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Jenny L.
6/11/2018 10:03:36 pm
I like how you explained that Bernard is a little different than the others and that makes him have a bad reputation. It makes it seem that there will soon be conflict due to the fact that in the book, they are trying to make everyone the same in a way. Do you think that Bernard's reputation will effect him in any way or any relationships he will have?
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Pablo
6/13/2018 06:39:59 pm
I really liked how you explained everything good job on your first prt!!!
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Pablo
6/14/2018 08:19:55 am
What’d you think of the book? Did you like it? Would you recommend this book to anyone?
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