Brave New World (Ch. 7-10)

Chapter 7:

- Lenina comments that the channel over Malpais is queer. She immediately has distaste for the reservation.
- Lenina complains practically the entire time they are walking through. "I don't like it." Repeated many times by her.
- Indians walk around carrying snakes. Bernard points out to Lenina that they aren't as civilized as they are.
- Lenina sees a scraggly old Indian and is convinced there is something wrong with him by his appearance. Their civilization stay young and healthy, not letting them look as old as the Indian.
- Lenina has no soma and is rather upset about it all.
- Lenina is comforted by the sound of the drums. It reminded her of the "Orgy-porgy" back at home.
- They witness a young adult (18) being whipped harshly while walking around a writhing heap of snakes. Lenina is horrified by the sight. Boy drops dead after walking around six times.
- Pale boy is introduced who lives on the reservation. He is upset that they didn't pick him to be a sacrifice. They dislike him for his complexion.
- Bernard is shocked that a white person lives here. The boy is amazed at the sight of Lenina.
- Boy takes them to his mom's house. The woman looks hideous and very bloated.
- The woman (Linda) is excited to see others from the outside. She hugs Lenina, who is disgusted.
- Linda turns out to be the girl that the Director was with on the reservation all those years ago.
- The boy (John) is her and the Director's son.

Chapter 8:

- While Lenina and Linda talk inside, Bernard and John discuss John's childhood outside.
- Childhood is rather traumatic. Linda was hit on by many men in the reservation. One of them broke her hand and she took something that's similar to soma called mescal.
- Linda was whipped by woman who were furious that Linda were having their men, which is very different than her culture. John tried to protect her and they whipped him as well.
- Linda then begins to blame John for everything that has happened to her. Then she apologizes.
- The other children will not play with John because they know that his mom is a disgrace.
- Linda eventually teaches John how to read. He's smart and catches on quick. He starts reading Shakespeare, but his unfamiliar with the wording.
- Indian named Pope keeps on giving Linda mescal or "drugs" as John likes to put it. He HATES Pope and all the other men who see her.
- His hate rises and one night John stabs Pope, which wakes up Linda and she starts screaming at the sight of all the blood. Pope stops John by twisting his arm.
- At fifteen, Mitsima teaches John how to work clay and mold/shape it.
- John was in love with Kiakime, but she married Kothlu and it upset John who was sixteen.
- Boys would go down to the kiva (Antelope Kiva) and come out as men.
-John wanted to go with them, but they shunned him for his complexion and his ungrateful mother. They threw stones at him and he fled.
- Bernard tells John that he, too, is always alone. They share similarities.
- John told Bernard he once spread out like Christ did on the cross to know what it felt like being crucified.
- Bernard suggested that John go to London with them. John is exstatic and Linda will join them too.
- Bernard mentions a Miranda. Who is Miranda? Note to self to keep an eye out for a Miranda...

Chapter 9:

- They went back to the rest house where Lenina immediately takes soma and drifts off.
- Lenina has gone to a soma- holiday, which left Bernard to go speak to Mustapha Mond about bringing John and Linda.
- Mustapha agrees as he finds it of sufficient scientific interest. He sends Bernard to the Warden.
- Once everything was settled and agreed upon, Bernard rushes back to where the rest house was.
- Meanwhile, John calls for them outside the rest house and realizes that they had left without him.
- Devastated, he cries, but then checks the window and sees that they hadn't left. He breaks in and begins to familiarize himself with Lenina's clothing, breathing in her scent.
- He finds her resting on a bed in her room and sees how beautiful she is.
- When fantasizing about her, he notices a plane arriving as he looks out the window and happily went to go see Bernard stepping out of the helicopter.

Chapter 10:

- Within the bowels of the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, the Director waits in the playroom of children for someone.
- Bernard enters the room to go see the Director.
- The Director Hesse's like a snake at the word "yes", which is hilarious and portrays a malicious side.
- The Director then announces to the entire room that Bernard has betrayed his society by not contributing to traditional activities, drinking soma, refusal to obey the teaching of Ford, etc.
- Director makes the sign of "T". Once again this comes up. Interesting.
- Director believes Bernard should be banished to Iceland and he asks for Bernard to give him a reason why he shouldn't be given his punishment.
- Bernard, the sly dog, brings in Linda. Crowd gasps and screams at the sight of her.
- Linda starts to try and get the Director to remember her and she hugs him.
- The Director is appalled and keeps saying, "What is the meaning of this monstrous joke?"
- Linda calls John in and John collapses in front of the Director shouting out, "My father!"
- During this entire ordeal, the crowd laughs uncontrollably at this show of affection.
- "Pale, wild-eyed, the Director glared about him in an agony of bewildered humiliation." The Director covers his ears and runs out of the room to get away from it all.