Lenina is disappointed because she does not have the chance to see John again to ask why he behaved in such an odd way after the feely. Everyone leaves, seeing Bernard in contempt. One of these guests is the Arch-Community Songster of Canterbury. This humiliates Bernard and makes all of the guests feel embarrassed.
When the guests arrive, John refuses to come out of his room. He lures them there with the promise of meeting the Savage. Summary: Chapter 12īernard sets up a large party for important people. He retreats into his locked room and reads another of Shakespeare’s plays, Othello.
John refuses to sleep with Lenina and this bewilders the woman. He is overwhelmed by his physical desire and he is ashamed about this. John detests the movie but he finds it brings back his sense of passion for Lenina. It conveys the story of a black man who kidnaps a woman, a blond Beta-Plus. She brings him to see a feely called Three Weeks in a Helicopter. She finds she cannot tell whether he likes her. He goes to Eton and sees Alpha children laughing at a film that shows “savages” using whips to beat themselves on a Reservation. He uses bitter irony when echoing the line from The Tempest, “O brave new world that has such people in it.” He refuses to take any soma and goes to see his mother frequently. John finds the sight of dozens of identical twins at a factory sickening. When Mond reads this letter, clearly heretical, he decides he will teach Bernard a lesson. Bernard declares that he agrees with this. He writes to Mond and informs him that John thinks that “civilized infantility” is too easy. Believing that his new popularity as John’s discoverer and guardian will protect him from the consequences of his unorthodox behavior. Bernard decides that he will no longer speak to him. Helmholtz’s only response is a gloomy silence. He brags about his active sex life to Helmholtz. Bernard enjoys popularity as John’s appointed guardian.
Linda continually takes soma and ends up in a state of intoxication that is half-asleep, half-awake. John, who becomes known as “the Savage,” instantly becomes a hit in society. A consequence of the Director’s disgrace is his resignation from his position.
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