Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Brave New World, Chapter 6, Blog #7


Summary- 1.) Lenina likes Bernard but he is to odd. She decides she would rather go to the Savage reservation with him instead of the North Pole with Benito. Lenina then convinces Bernard to go to a wrestling match. After they fly away and go back to Bernard's where he take Soma tablets. Then they have sex. The next day Bernard tells her that he did not want to have sex with her on the first date. 
2.) Bernard then goes to the Director and wants to get a permit for the Savage Reservation with Lenina. The Director tells him a story about when he took a woman their and she got lost during a storms. The Director then tells him if he doesn't start acting like an Alpha he will be exiled to Iceland. He leaves the office and is proud that the director thought of him as a rebel. 

3.)   Bernard and Lenina go to the Savage Reservation. They get there and they need a signature from the Warden to be able to go on the actual reservation. The Warden then tells Lenina a bunch of random facts about it when Bernard realizes he left the Eau de Cologne scent tap on. He goes to call Helmholtz to get him to turn it off but the Warden keeps talking to Lenina. Bernard finally get a hold of Helmotz and tells him that he is being shipped off to Iceland. After the call Lenina convinces him to take some soma. They then fly off and take place in the Savage dances and rituals.


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Vocab-
Cajolery, noun- persuasion by flattery or promises
Octoroon, noun- a person having one-eighth black ancestry





Importance-
Lenina likes Bernard but only sees his outside appearance, and wishes he wasn't so odd. We learn more about how Bernard is more of an individual.



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