one phrase‚ the idea is hardened within the human mind‚ proving most difficult to undo. Evidence of this method to provide artificial happiness surfaces in both Lenina and Bernard’s actions. Huxley states this coldly during Lenina’s trip home with Henry Foster‚ “‘What a hideous color khaki is‚’ remarked Lenina‚ voicing the hypnopædic prejudices of her caste” (62). Khaki is a color worn by lower castes in the society and the higher castes are taught not to associate
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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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stable 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
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zip‚ and then zip; he was enchanted.” pg. 143 Epanalepsis This use of epanalepsis emphasizes John’s infatuation with Lenina as he explores her clothes and cosmetics and ecstatically bathes himself in Lenina’s perfume. When John notices Lenina lying fast asleep‚ tears rush to his eyes as he is mesmerized
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Rogers is an American humanistic psychologist. He enrolled in agriculture at the University of Wisconsin but switched to history. Rogers completed his PhD in psychology at the University of Columbia and spent twelve years as a clinical psychologist (Crowne‚ 2009). He wrote a book titled The Clinical Treatment of the Problem Child. He was president of the American Psychological Association and received its Distinguished Scientific Contribution award. Rogers became an eminent figure in psychology from
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related fear‚ he attempts to inject more prozium but stops when he views himself in the bathroom mirrors reflection. Lenina‚ from Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is considered a normal person in her society but has always struggled with promiscuity‚ something that is considered normal in the World State socially and is purposely implemented by the government. Meeting John causes Lenina to experience something she never has before‚ attraction towards him. She experiences the "strange feeling of anxious
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sex is looked at as Lenina tries to seduce John where she only enrages him to strike her naked body. The act of sex been dehumanized and made devoid of passion and treated casually and publically instead of as a personal matter. The way Lenina treats sex is just the way his mother had sex‚ sleeping with every man she could and this angers John because he wants no part of the world his mother comes from. He wants to live by his own rules and by falling into the arms of Leninas naked body he believes
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are further demonstrated through the interactions between Fanny and Lenina. Fanny embodies the typical beta‚ who follows the behavior of the state’s programmed opinions of the different castes. Fanny mentions in a conversation with Lenina about Bernard in regards to his stature. Bernard is smaller; smallness is considered in the World State “horrible and typically low-caste” (Huxley 46). The response given back by Fanny to Lenina generalizes the thoughts process
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After the ritual ends the area empties and the young savage approaches Bernard and Lenina. This man is white and speaks English‚ unlike the others. His name is John and he explains his story and how his mother is not from the village‚ but was once visiting with a man and fell down a ravine and a few hunters found her and brought her back
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John says‚ “I don’t believe it’s right” (Huxley‚ 155). John did not like the idea that his mother was was going to be in a long sleep caused by soma. Bernard shows strange behavior by not having a huge interest in ‘having women’. Bernard said to Lenina‚ “I didn’t want it to end with our going to bed...Not at once‚ not on the first day” (Huxley‚ 93). In this society‚ most men think about having women and move too fast‚ but from this one can infer that Bernard does not think like the other people
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