A Brave New World Chapter 9

1. What did Lenina do when she got back to the rest-house?

- She took six half-gramme tablets of soma, and layed down. It says that she "embarked for lunar eternity." It lasted for eighteen hours.

2. What does Bernard ask his Fordship, Mustapha Mond?

-He asks to bring Linda and John back with him to England.

3. What does John say when he is by Lenina's bedside? Why is this significant?

-He is going through her suit case, and he is amazed by her green slippers, as well as the scent of her perfume and her powder. He is fascinated and he says, "Lenina," as though Lenina were actually there. He then goes off to say something poetic, which I think may be from Shakespeare, referencing Romeo and Juliet... "On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand." I don't know why this is significant yet, but it is showing how beautiful he thinks she is. A savage-like boy is falling in love with a girl from the other world. Maybe it is illustrating that there can be tre love, and the idea of Ford's world doesn't really matter... maybe Lenina is going to fall in love with John, and she will no longer believe what she has been taught through hypnopaedia.