![]() The pilot of the helicopter tells Lenina not to worry, that the savages have enough experience with gas bombs to be of any danger to her. They see electrocuted animal corpses around the fences. They fly to the valley of Malpais, where the reservation is located. Bernard wonders what it would be like to have a great affliction without taking soma, and Lenina persuades Bernard to take some soma. He describes the contents of the reservation: Indians, half-breeds, marriage, Christianity, superstitions, extinct languages such as Spanish, ferocious animals, diseases, priests, and lizards. He tells them that there is no escape from the reservation, that those who are born there are destined to die there. The Warden tells them of the electric fence surrounding the grounds. Bernard is primarily disgruntled because he is too small and weak for his caste Helmholtz is unhappy because he is too intelligent for his job writing hypnopaedic phrases. He and Helmholtz discuss their dissatisfaction with the World State. A 1000 years has passed, the new World Tree is now reborn. Bernard, overjoyed but embarrassed, flies a helicopter to meet a friend of his, Helmholtz Watson. They spend the night in a very nice hotel, but Bernard warns her that there will be none of the hotel amenities at the Savage Reservation. Read Superstar From Age 0 - Chapter 14 - A brief description of the manhwa Superstar From Age. Bernard and Lenina then go out to see the savages.Bernard and Lenina arrive via rocket in Santa Fe, New Mexico. ![]() When they arrive Bernard receives a message from Helmholtz thatthe Director has decided definitely to send Bernard to Iceland and finda replacement for him. Bernard then goes to the savage reservation withLenina. He thenwarns Bernard that he has received reports of his strange behaviour he willbe sent away to Iceland. Bernard goes to see the Directorof hatcheries to get his permission slip signed to go to the savage reservation.This leads the Director to remember when he took his own girlfriend to thesavage reservation and she disappeared, never to be found again. 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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