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Bernard Max, (Success went fizzily to Bernard’s head, and in the process,…
Bernard Max
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“I want to know what passion is,” she heard him saying. “I want to feel something strongly.” PAG63
He felt strong enough to meet and overcome amiction, strong enough to face even Iceland. And this confidence was the greater for his not for a moment really believing that he would be called upon to face anything at all. PAG65
"He was ashamed of his jealousy and alternately made efforts of will and took soma to keep himself from feeling it. But the efforts were not very successful; and between the soma-holidays there were, of necessity, intervals. The odious sentiment kept on returning."
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In this society, the concept of family has been eradicated. There are no parents and no children; they are all created and raised by the state. This contributes to Bernard's isolation.
Mass production and consumerism were at their peak. Henry Ford's assembly line innovations inspired the novel's societal structure, where humans are "manufactured" and conditioned for specific roles.
The 1920s and 1930s saw the rise of totalitarian states, emphasizing control and conformity, evident in Huxley's depiction of a controlled society.
Success went fizzily to Bernard’s head, and in the process
completely reconciled him (as any good intoxicant should do) to a world which, up till then, he had found very unsatisfactory. In so far as it recognized him
as important, the order of things was good. But, reconciled by his success, he
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completely reconciled him (as any good intoxicant should do) to a world which, up till then, he had found very unsatisfactory. In so far as it recognized him
as important, the order of things was good. But, reconciled by his success, he
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