Brave New World Response 2

1. How does John feel about the "new world"?
When John first meets Bernard, he is amazed by what he tells him about London and wants to learn more about the "brave new world" (Huxley Chapter 8). When Bernard asks him to go back to London with him, John's face lights up, and he says, "Do you really mean it?...To think it should be coming true-what I've dreamt of all my life," (Huxley Chapter 8). This shows his appeal to London and his wonders about it. When he finally goes, I believe that he still likes it, but questions alot of things about it. For example when the boys and girls are watching videos about savages (like John is at home), John asks, "But why do they laugh?" (Huxley Chapter 11). He says this in pain almost, and at this point I think his view turns from good to bad.

2. How does Bernard view John?
I believe that Bernard views John as a tool to lead him to popularity in his society. When Bernard brings John to London, it gets him out of being sent to Iceland AND gets him friends and girls. When Bernard talks to Helmholtz, he says, "And I had six girls last week," he confided to Helmholtz Watson. "One on Monday, two on Tuesday, two more on Friday, and one on Saturday. And if I'd had the time or the inclination, there were at least a dozen more who were only too anxious …" (Huxley Chapter 11) These girls came to him as a result of being able to see the savage, which is John. Later, when John refuses to come to the party, Bernard starts begging.

"'Just to please me,' Bernard bellowingly wheedled. "Won't you come to please me?"

           'No.'

'Do you seriously mean it?'
           'Yes.'

Despairingly, 'But what shall I do?' Bernard wailed." (Huxley Chapter 12)

At this point, Bernard is pleading with John, and we can see how Bernard NEEDS John.

3. How does Lenina feel about Bernard after her date with John?
Lenina isn't too happy in my opinion about Bernard after the date with John. She might be angry with Bernard for bringing John over. If John hadn't been brought over, then her heart may have not been broken.
"It was at this moment that Bernard had made his announcement; the Savage wasn't coming to the party. Lenina suddenly felt all the sensations normally experienced at the beginning of a Violent Passion Surrogate treatment–a sense of dreadful emptiness, a breathless apprehension, a nausea. Her heart seemed to stop beating." (Huxley Chapter 12). In this scene, we can see how Lenina reacts when Bernard says that John isn't going to be at the party. I believe that she is trying to find someone to put her grief, and could possibly be planning for it to be Bernard.