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1)
Summary: The Chapter 13 of Brave New World by Aldous
Huxley deals with a conversation between Henry
Foster and Lenina. Henry is worrying because Lenina isn’t in a good
sentimental condition, in
fact she loves John and doesn’t know if this feeling is corresponded. Lenina talks to her friend Fanny who is worried about Lenina and does not
want that Lenina goes to the Savage. Subsequently deals the talk between the Savage John and Lenina in which John tells Lenina
that he loves her. But when Lenina takes off her clothes, John changes and a big quarrel
starts. In the quarrel the Savage says to Lenina that she should go or he
would kill her. Lenina runs into the bathroom and locks the door behind
her. She doesn’t comes out till John gets a phone call and leaves the room
for going to hospital.
2) Themes /
Topics: -
the feelings between Lenina and John -
the quarrel between them -
situation of fair by Lenina -
the phone call for the hospital (important for
the following chapter)
3)
Characters: 1. Foster: Foster is an expert on statistic within the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre. He’s worring because Lenina isn’t in a good sentimental condition. 2.
Lenina: Lenina is a young and friendly woman who is uncommonly pretty. She
falls in love with the Savage and visits him. At John she tells him that
she likes him very much. When John says that he loved also Lenina, she
begins to take off her clothes. After the changing of John she becomes
afraid of him and flees into the bathroom. She is very sad about the
refusal and she doesn’t leave the bath till John goes away. 3.
John Savage: John comes from the normal world and doesn’t like soma,
because it’s a drug. Soma plays a big and important role in Brave New
World. In Chapter 13 he is happy when Lenina rings at the door bell. He
also falls in love to her like Lenina to him. He would do everything for
her. But when Lenina undresses herself, he chenges and gets very angry. He
orders her to leave the flat and go out of his view or he would kill her.
After the phone call he is worried and leaves the flat very quick. 4.
Fanny: Fanny is the best friend of Lenina and she doesn’t want that
Lenina goes to the Savage because she is worried about her.
4) Some relevant
quotations: -
“ An hour later, in the Changing Room, Fanny
was energetically protesting. ‘But it’s absurd to let yourself get
into a state like this. Simply absurd.’ she repeated. ‘And what about?
A man – one man.’ ” (p 170) -
“ ‘How much I love you, Lenina? He brought
out almost desperately. ” (p 173) -
“ ‘ I love you more than anything in the
world’, he said.” (p 174) -
“ ‘Whore!’, he shouted. ‘Whore! Impudent
strumpet! ” (p 176)
5) Observations about the style: The style of the writer is principally assembled on dialogues. In a first time the dialogues are between Henry and Lenina, in the second part of the chapter between Lenina and Fanny, and in the end between Lenina and the savage John.
6) What the chapter represents in the
whole story: As to the answer to “what the chapter represents in the
whole story”, we can say that it represents a crucial point in the
relationship between Lenina and John, because they are in love with each
other but the savage decides to break with Lenina because he considers her
behaviour very immoral.
7)
Personal comments: In this chapter aren’t particular
style, in fact we can only notice that the chapter is suddivided in three
dialogues: Henry-Lenina, Lenina-Fanny, Lenina- The Savage. I think that
this chapter is important only because there are the declaration of love
between Lenina and John. BY FRANCESCO & REBECCA |