Make a list of things John is introduced to or shown and state how he reacts to them. What are John’s feelings towards Lenina, and why does he use Shakespeare quotations to express his feelings? Imagine that Lenina is asked to write a report for the Beta newspaper about the religious ceremony in the pueblo, giving also critical judgement of the event. Why is Bernard unhappy at the orgy-porgy, although he participates in its rituals? Explain what they are and discuss her solution to the problem. Lenina has some doubts about the system. Explain what makes Bernard and Helmholtz unhappy and describe their friendship. Contrast Bernard’s and Lenina’s understanding of personal relationships. Because death does not harm society, the people do not need to fear it.Summary: Outline the main events of each chapter (ca. On the other hand, the bokanovskified children learn to view death in a societal context, where the individual has no meaning. In John's idea of death, each individual represents a whole unto itself and deserves to be mourned upon death. The two concepts of individual death presented in these chapters are starkly different. The head nurse is upset that John interfered in the death conditioning and warns him to behave. John angrily picks one of the boys up and tosses him away from her. When the boys notice Linda, they make fun of her ugliness and fatness. The idea is that if death and fun intermingle, then people will lose their natural fear of dying. The boys act as if they are in a game room, and the head nurse encourages them to have fun. Meanwhile, the head nurse leads an entire Bokanovsky group (a large group of identical twins) into the room for their death conditioning. When John goes to the hospital to see his dying mother, he finds Linda in an unconscious state and tries to rouse her.
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