Lenina goes on a date with Bernard he behaves 'oddly' by wanting to spendtime alone with her and not join in any group activities or sports, butshe decides to carry on seeing him anyway. Afterwards Bernard is depressed because theothers claim to have had mystical experiences during the service, and asusual he did not. Lenina goes on a date with one of her other boyfriends, Henry Foster.Bernard goes to his fortnightly 'Solidarity Service' where he and his grouptry and lose their self-identity and experience the presence of Ford bytaking soma and having sex. (In his case because there is nothing truly interesting towrite about in such a stable society.) He meetshis friend Helmholtz Watson, a writer of hypnopaedic jingles, who is alsodisatisfied. Lenina agrees to go with Bernard to the Savage reservation. Meanwhile, Bernard Marx, an upper class socialmisfit is feeling fed up with the society he lives in, and is hoping totake a Girl called Lenina with him on holiday to a Savage Reservation tosee how they live. The World Controller explains to the group why families have been doneaway with and the job of raising children taken over by the state and sexualpromiscuity was encouraged because of the intensity feeling and unhappinessthe family structure caused. (Either of which could distractthem from their work.)They then go to the nurseries and see children beingtaught while they sleep. They then see how the lower class children are given electric shocksto discourage them from liking books or nature. The story opens with some students taking a tour of the cente of Hatcheriesand Conditioning to see how people are genetically engineered and conditionedaccording to their predetermined role in life.
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