Brave New World is a novel written by Alduous Huxley in 1931. This novel takes place in a New World where humans are made from tubes, separated into castes, and conditioned to fit specific areas of society. There is no such thing as mothers, fathers, children, or family. All of the essential human needs are fabricated through social experiences. The people are used as workers to serve the community. The novel opens in the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Center. The director of the center is giving a tour to young students about how humans are created. The director informs the students that human beings are no longer produce living offspring, instead they are developed from test tubes. This gives the opportunity to start a new system …show more content…
While getting ready, Henry talks with an assistant about how they should both share Lenina. Inside the room is a person named Bernard Marx. Bernard Marx, a government pyscologist, is an Alpha, but is different than everyone else. He is smaller than the other Alphas and he enjoys having quiet time, while others enjoy open sex and drugs. Bernard has Lenina thinking about him as he invited her to a Savage Reservation, a part of the world that isn't up to date with technology and social life. As Henry and Lenina go off on their date, Bernard contemplates to himself the situation that he is in concerning Lenina's open character. Bernard and Lenina finally go on their date which they spend time walking on the beach. Huxley shows two completely different characters on this walk on the beach. Bernard is having a good time listening to the water and spending time with Lenina. Lenina would rather go to a room and have sex. Bernard takes some soma pills, which are drugs that make the person feel drunkenly good. Bernard is overruled by Lenina and soma and has sex with …show more content…
Bernard also discovers that Linda has a son named John. This comes out to be a problem as Bernard realizes that John's father is the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning. John and Bernard are both out of place. John is isolated from people so he could have a normal life, and Bernard doesn't fit in with the other Alphas. Bernard brings John and Linda back to London. Bernard fits in more with the other Alphas and develops popularity for his discovery of John the "Savage." After settling down in London, Linda passes away. In return, John feels out of place and starts to wonder why society is the way it is. He receives information from a leader from Europe that society is focusing on happiness but little truth. In the end, Bernard is sent off to an island and John hangs