Lenina is a very bad girl.
No, she isn't overly promiscuous.It isn't that at all. In fact, she doesn't meet the promiscuity standards set by the world state. Because it is abnormal for any one girl to stay with any one man for too long a time. And it is especially odd for this girl to be uninterested in any other man. And it is incredibly strange for this same girl to wish to do this at such a young age. Because, as we all know:
Everyone belongs to everyone else.
ANYWAY, in order to avoid suspicion from the government that watches her on a daily basis while she works, she decides to seek out a second lover. His name is Bernard.
And Bernard is also a very bad man.
The only difference: No one knows it.
Unlike Lenina, Bernard doesn't wish to be promiscuous whatsoever. And unlike everyone else in the world state, he sees the commercialization of sex as absolutely disgusting. People are treated as meat, and even after his long hours of conditioning and hypnopaedia, his free thinking allows him a dangerous ability to oppose the government. His intelligence is what keeps him safe, and allows him to strategically keep his opposition under control as well as his temprament. He is very small for an Alpha. He is also a stark contrast in comparison to Henry.
Henry is a good man.
Perfect, actually.
Unlike BOTH Lenina and Bernard, Henry has no free thinking abilities whatsoever that come out in either chapter 5 OR 6. And if I had to make an educated guess, I would predict that he would show no further thinking throughout the rest of the book. Instead of being shockingly monogamous like Lenina, he takes other girls out frequently in between his outings with her. The couple often goes out to do world state approved outings, such as dates at clubs offering the delicious soma as well as synthetic music machines. mmmmm... gotta love those synthetic music machines. Not to mention the soma. They listen to music about soma and drink soma while talking about soma and not aging from the wonderful soma.
Now, off to a place without soma.
*GASP*
Yes, WITHOUT soma.
For a girl as dependant on soma as Lenina, Bernard takes a chance and invites her on holiday to a savage reservation. The savage reservation is apparently situated in North America, and there is absolutely NO soma allowed. The natives live without soma and do things like mending clothes and bearing children. For Lenina, there are only two options. She could go to the lovely savage reservation with the interesting alpha, Bernard, or she could undergo serious government suspicion and travel to the painfully old fashioned North Pole hotel with Henry (again.)
Or she could go on soma vacation.
What a Brave New World.
Conclusion: No witty conclusion today. Try again later.
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