Brave New World Ch. 9 Notes

Wow. This chapter seems to have taken quite the turn. So it starts off mellow, well, at least for the reader. Lenina decides she's gonna take 3 whole grams of soma and knock out for the next eight hours, and while she's done for the day, Bernard is arranging a plan to get Linda and John back to London, so he calls Mustapha Mond, whom he convinces that they are of "scientific interest", so Mond agrees, and grants him the permission to bring them back. John waits by the redt room and wonders why its empty, and begins to feel impatient and let down. Bernard flies to Santa Fe to convince a guard that he is in fact "pals" with Mond, all while John is breaking into the rest rooms. He finds Lenina's things, is intrigued by her perfumes and zippers, and finds Lenina laying down, unconcious. Brace yourself folks, it gets weird. Then again, this whole book is just an extended satire of the New World. So John stands beside her, in awe of her beauty, and recites what I assune was Shakespeare, specifically Romeo and Juliet, and maybe another work, i just can't put my finger on it. He contemplates undressing her (I knos, just bear with me here), then hears the sound of Bernards helicopter landing, and gets the f#*% out of there.

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