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Chapter 6

Summary:
 New Mexican Reservation (savage land)
 Dehumanisation
 Silence makes Bernard feel like an individual
Capitalism/  Lenina had suggested a swim at the Tourquay Country
Consumerism Club followed by dinner at the Oxford Union

Power/  Some men are almost rhinoceroses, they don’t respond


Conditioning properly to conditioning
 A gramme is always better than a damn
 (how can you talk like that about not wanting to be part of
the social body) – Lenina is heavily conditioned
 When the individual feels, the community reels
 Five hundred repetitions once a week from thirteen to
seventeen

Dehumanisation  Why don’t you take soma when you have these dreadful
/ ideas of yours
rituals  Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today –
hedonistic

Uniformity/  Id rather be myself and nasty. Not someone else, however


Castes/ jolly – Bernard
Lack of  What would it be like if I were free, not enslaved by my
individuality/ conditioning
freedom  Don’t you wish you were free, Lenina?
 Wouldn’t you like to be free and happy in some other way
Lenina? In your own way.
 I want to know what passion is, I want to feel something
strongly
 Nothing emotional, nothing long-drawn

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