"You don't seem very glad to see me, John," she said at last. pg 189
Lenina really likes John, but unfortunately in this chapter, we see, John just doesn't feel the same way. John likes Lenina too...but he doesn't want to use her like the utopian society does. From the events in this chapter, we see how John's morals are basically rooted by Shakespeare. He quotes Shakespeare to Lenina, (making her rather angry), to convince himself to stay away from her. The relationship between Lenina and John just cannot work. The two are so different--Lenina, being conditioned and a loyal conformist to the utopia, and John, a savage, that has his beliefs set by Shakespeare. When these two cultures clash, bad things happen--we see John hit Lenina and kick her out. I can't decide if I should feel bad for Lenina or John or both. Lenina just got hurt because she really doesn't know any better--she's just following what her society says is right. And John is in a world where he just doesn't belong.
Well, at the end of the chapter, John runs off and leaves his room. It sounds like Linda is probably going to die soon, considering the doctors basically said she'd die soon a couple chapters ago. Also I'm wondering if this is the last we'll see of Lenina in the book, because John obviously doesn't love her, and Bernard is out being famous.
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