The ending of this book was not really what I was expecting. I feel like there is no real point to this book, it's just events that happen in The World State. I feel like there was no climax in this book however, the ending with Johns death was not that big of a shock. Throughout the book he continues to get more and more mentally unstable and his death was only a matter of time.
Turns out that Thomas doesn't end up killing Bernard and anyone else, at least right now that is.. However there is clear tension rising between a few characters. Mustafa Mond is getting a little suspicious I think about Bernard's attitude towards the people around him. I believe that he is beginning to think that he is above others in his class which is not something that Mustafa Mond wants. We also see John start to see the truth behind what The World State is really about. He is very judgemental about what they are doing as far as creating people and the sort of movies and experiences that they have. I could see him perhaps killing someone because of something that may happen because that's what he feels is right.
We find out a couple things during this chapeter that are worth discussing. First things first, John is a creep, he bordeline date-rapes Lenina when she was Soma'd our of her mind. Then Bernard gets the correct papers to bring Linda and John back to The World State to expose the directors big secret. The director had plans of his own which didn't pan out the way he had hoped. Instead, he gets ruthlessly embarrassed by Bernard and rushes out of the room. Maybe to return with a weapon to finally tie off all of his loose ends...
During this chapter we learn that Bernard agrees to take Linda and John back to England. Bernard hopes to expose the director and his losing Linda all that time ago. I believe that the director in hopes of tying off all of his loose ends will murder Linda, his son John, and Lenina and then banish Bernard to Iceland for his mistake in challenging the authority of the director. However if these actions will create a snowball effect that starts a revolution is for your interpretation.
During this chapter we learn a lot of important plot information. We learn that Director Thomas' girlfriend got pregnant and mysteriously fell down a cliff, into the reservation, without proper paperwork that would allow her to get back. I believe that Thomas found out that she was pregnant and then pushed her down the cliff l, hoping either to kill her or get her and his child out of his life. He didn't want to face his society and have the reputation that he got someone pregnant. Which is why he is going to banish Bernard to Iceland for going there. He doesn't want Bernard to expose his plan...
During this chapter we see a lot of different things from Bernard. We are able to see the compliance with society when he takes the soma and sleeps with Lenina, yet at the same time we see the more rebellious side of him when it comes to the New Mexico Trip. However when threatened with banishment we see that Bernard really isn't the type to continue the rebel act, he was more ashamed of what he did rather than want to stand by it. This shows that even the type of people like Bernard, who think for themselves are more, still somewhat afraid of what the leaders of his society will do to him if he goes against the norm.
This chapter was definitely one of the most interesting and revealing of the chapters so far. We see multiple character developments with Henry providing thought provoking questions about the meaning of life juxtaposition to Lenina being completely self absorbed in her social class. We also see the authors kind of social attack against cult-like religions ceremonies in part two with the orgy.
We see a group a young boys going through a building of some sort. The interesting part is that fact that this building is responsible for the manufacturing of human beings. They do things to create the way that the humans think and the jobs that they will be entitled to for their entire lives. These scientists create a caste systems the way that they see fit, and use negative reinforcement to condition the infants to complete their predetermined task in life. Each caste system has different rights and responsibilities as well. Could prove to be very dangerous for the upper class systems if the lower ones revolt.
I felt that this book started off very thought provoking. There are many societal issues that this book addresses very early in the text. This sort of jump start to this text really grabbed my attention. Can't wait to continue reading this book and see what happens!
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