11/10/2023 0 Comments Lenina brave new world quotes![]() ![]() This may leave the people feel like they are powerless and may explain why they think the same way, since they have to. On page 42, the controller says, “No social stability without individual stability.” Again on page 94, the importance of the society is repeated when Lenina repeats a phrase that she had be conditioned to believe, “When the individual feels, the community reels.” I think what she means when she says this is that when an individual feels a certain way or has a different belief than the general community then consequences are thrown upon the outsider. It seems to me that in the society depicted in Brave New World, the individual is shunned and the society as a whole is held to a higher regard. This open thought is what Bernard is embracing which Lenina finds odd and puzzles many people when he asks for the permit more than needed. This Savage Reservation could be thought of as the outside of the cave (Socrates) where if not restricted can lead to open thought. Which the government puts many restrictions on people to see because nature is banned in their society. Just by its name it can be said that the Savage Reservation is where untamed life or nature is. While Lenina is Bernard’s way of fitting in with the norm, he wants to take Lenina to the Savage Reservation. By not using soma his thoughts are allowed freedom which is entirely against societies standards. He lets his emotions run their course more than others in his society, sometimes not using soma to correct sadness or emptiness. Not only does Bernard differ physically but also mentally. Resulting in him looking like those who are lower in the caste system which is undesirable. Therefore he does not have some of the desirable traits an Alpha Plus should have. His “peers” among him often make fun of him, saying that he lacked some needed chemical by accident to be an Alpha Plus. ![]() Whereas Bernard…” page 88īernard Marx is an Alpha-Plus in the caste system, yet he is not like other Alpha-Plus humans. And yet, so unique also was Bernard’s oddness that she had hesitated to take it, had actually thought of risking the Pole again with funny old Benito. “As an Alpha-Plus psychologist, Bernard was one of the few men she knew was entitled to a permit. ![]()
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