mond shows Bernard his collection of old books. Bernard and hemholtz stay bye to john. john stays in a light house by himself. john kills lenina and then kills himself. this book was not a good book at all and should not be read but it does show how crazy people can get.
the director plans to dismiss Bernard in front of abunch of caste members to teach a public lesson. the director wants to send Bernard to Iceland. linda and john run in to hug the director. all the workers laugh at the director. this is important because it makes the director realize he is no better than Bernard.
Bernard flies to santé fe to call Mustapha mond. Lenina takes a bunch of soma. john watches Lenina sleep for a while. john is very strange in this chapter and seems almost obsessed.
linda tells her story of how she got there. linda and lenina talk about there world. Bernard and john talk and find out a lot about each other and how they are similar. its strange how linda and lenina are similar and so is Bernard and john.
lenina and Bernard watch a community service. lenina gets scared when they begin to wipe the boy. Bernard and lenina meet john. john brings them to his mother. the wiping of the boy seemed strange and painful.
in a brave new world there is a strange almost religious ceremony. in this ceremony there is a bowl passed around with soma filled ice cream and everyone eats it. when on the soma they begin to dance around and chant orgy porgy over and over again. why someone would want to join in on this sort of religious ceremony I will never know.
lenina is on a date with henry. she ask Bernard if he will take her to new mexico with her but Bernard gets embarrassed and doesn't answer lenina. to me Bernard seems scared of lenina and doesn't want he to find out he likes her. Bernard flies to meet hemholtz and finds out that he also feels alone in this society just like Bernard.
in chapter 3 of a brave new world the society is completely opposite of ours now. when the children are young are they are involved in sexual games. if the children do not get involved in the games like one child was they are scolded. the director explains to the children that he was showing how it used to be when the children didn't play sexual games.
the brave new world book is a very strange book. in a brave new world children are made in a test tube and stay in there instead of being carried by there parent. babies all look the same. disciplining the children by shocking them at 8 months.
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