Brave New WorldBrave New World

Chapter 12Chapter 12

SummarySummary

• John refuses to come out of his room for the party Bernard had thrown to again show John off to a group of Alphas

• Bernard is left to humour the guests by himself

• Afterwards Bernard takes 4 grammes of soma, showing he has been involved more with society

• After the party, John and Bernard talk about how depressed they are, and go to Helmholtz

• John and Helmholtz begin talking about poetry, and compare Helmholtz’s propaganda writing with Shakespeare

• Helmholtz is blown away by John’s reading

• Bernard tries to interrupt them as he becomes jealous of their relationship and doesn’t like being ignored.

• John refuses to come out of his room for the party Bernard had thrown to again show John off to a group of Alphas

• Bernard is left to humour the guests by himself

• Afterwards Bernard takes 4 grammes of soma, showing he has been involved more with society

• After the party, John and Bernard talk about how depressed they are, and go to Helmholtz

• John and Helmholtz begin talking about poetry, and compare Helmholtz’s propaganda writing with Shakespeare

• Helmholtz is blown away by John’s reading

• Bernard tries to interrupt them as he becomes jealous of their relationship and doesn’t like being ignored.

ThemesThemes

• Fate- how it is unwise to attempt to deny or change it- shown when Bernard collapses from his temporary high-standing in society to be worse off than he was before

• The futility of going against the ways of a well orchestrated government- shown in this chapter through Bernard and later through John

• Fate- how it is unwise to attempt to deny or change it- shown when Bernard collapses from his temporary high-standing in society to be worse off than he was before

• The futility of going against the ways of a well orchestrated government- shown in this chapter through Bernard and later through John

BernardBernard

• After his failure of a party, people start to criticise him and he is back to being viewed as inferior

• Humiliated by the Arch-Community-songster who was a guest at the party

• Loses confidence feels sorry for himself- “The tight balloon of Bernard’s happy self-confidence was leaking from a thousand wounds”

• Talks to John, who is for now his only friend

• Regrets parting with Helmholtz, and so apologises

• Later feels jealous of John and Helmholtz

• After his failure of a party, people start to criticise him and he is back to being viewed as inferior

• Humiliated by the Arch-Community-songster who was a guest at the party

• Loses confidence feels sorry for himself- “The tight balloon of Bernard’s happy self-confidence was leaking from a thousand wounds”

• Talks to John, who is for now his only friend

• Regrets parting with Helmholtz, and so apologises

• Later feels jealous of John and Helmholtz

JohnJohn

• Shows his frustration at being on display at Bernards parties

• Compassionate to Bernard when he is depressed

• Gets along well with Helmholtz, with whom he talks about poetry and Shakespeare

• Despite the individuality of Bernard and Helmholtz, John is the only person in the book who views society as it is, and also the only one who understands shakespeare

• Only unconditioned individual

• Shows his frustration at being on display at Bernards parties

• Compassionate to Bernard when he is depressed

• Gets along well with Helmholtz, with whom he talks about poetry and Shakespeare

• Despite the individuality of Bernard and Helmholtz, John is the only person in the book who views society as it is, and also the only one who understands shakespeare

• Only unconditioned individual

HelmholtzHelmholtz

• Poet who writes the propoganda• Forgiving, calm and not very emotional• Fairly imaginative, but not to the same

extent as John- this is why he is blown away by Shakespeare

• He doesn’t understand many of the concepts in Shakespeare’s writing, i.e. love

• Poet who writes the propoganda• Forgiving, calm and not very emotional• Fairly imaginative, but not to the same

extent as John- this is why he is blown away by Shakespeare

• He doesn’t understand many of the concepts in Shakespeare’s writing, i.e. love

Key QuotesKey Quotes

• “It was only in Zuni that the Savage could adequately express what he felt about the Arch-Community-Songster.”

• “A few minutes later, however, he thought better of it and took four tablets of soma.”

• “You’ve got to be hurt and upset; otherwise you can’t think of the really good, penetrating, X-rayish phrases.”

• “It was only in Zuni that the Savage could adequately express what he felt about the Arch-Community-Songster.”

• “A few minutes later, however, he thought better of it and took four tablets of soma.”

• “You’ve got to be hurt and upset; otherwise you can’t think of the really good, penetrating, X-rayish phrases.”