He reminisces about his trip 20 years earlier, when he went on a trip and lost his female companion in a storm.

The Director signs a permit to allow Bernard to visit the Savage Reservation with Lenina.

Bernard is aware that he is the only one who doesn’t find it fulfilling. They go into an ecstatic frenzy as they call out to “our Ford” and collapse in an orgy. The attendees take soma and chant about their devotion to Ford Motor Company.

While Lenina goes on a date with Henry, Bernard attends the Solidarity Service. Bernard is dissatisfied because he’s small while Helmholtz feels constrained by being so exceptional at everything he does. He then visits his friend Helmholtz Watson and the two criticize the World State. Later, Bernard invites Lenina to go see the Savage Reservation with him. She decides she needs to date more men to be happy in this world.īernard is outraged when he hears that Henry Foster and another man are talking about having Lenina. In the Hatchery changing rooms, Lenina Crowne is criticized by her friend Fanny for only dating one man. He lectures on how they created a perfect society by eliminating all intense emotions from people’s lives. Students and the Director are excited to see Mustapha Mond, one of the 10 World Controllers. The conditioning process is different for each caste, but all castes are conditioned to seek instant gratification, be sexually promiscuous, engage in economic consumption, and use soma (drugs) to escape from unpleasant circumstances. He shows how babies are produced in bottles and how each individual is conditioned to conform to the moral rules of society. The Director of the Central London Hatcheries leads a group of students on a tour. 1-Page Summary of Brave New World Overall Summary

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