- In Lenina's world they are encouraged to be promiscuious, however, for John this creates tension and makes him feel uncomfortable because in Shakespeares' world, from which John learns, women who paint an inch thick are downcasted in society.
- Also, John has never seen technology. He is absolutely fascinated by this. Unfortunately, this makes Lenina feel awkward because that is what she is used to and when she goes to the reservation she freaks out.
- Lastly, John has figured his beliefs out with thinking and reading. Whereas, Lenina is trained to believe a certain thing. John's knowledge is more useful because he can rationalize it and he understands it deeper than Lenina does her beliefs.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Lenina vs. John
John and Lenina have a difficult time understanding each other for various reasons but all of them relate to the fact that they were raised in complete different societies with completely differrent mores.
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Your second bullet focuses more on lifestyle than on values. I think each character has values related to technology, but you haven't touched on that concept. As much as John is fascinated by some technology, other uses of it repulse him--the feely, the genetic twins, the use of soma.
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