Who Is Bernard's Transformation In Brave New World

You wait for them to ask you. And if they don’t…you act unconcerned.” (Dorris, 18). Bernard’s mother gives a full explanation on how to act when he is being judged by Marie’s mother, Blanche, and her sister. In past society, it is the role of the bride to impress her future in-laws by showing the family that she can cook, clean, and carry out all household duties. However, in this case, Bernard is taught what to say and how to react when he goes hunting. From this, it can be seen that his masculine personality is in question as he must listen to whatever anyone tells him. His rights of speaking and committing actions are prohibited as he must show respect and humbleness towards his future in-laws. Moreover, he must respect his family’s tradition and culture by not speaking or raising an voice to people. As time progresses, Bernard matures and realizes that he must carry out his family traditions and must be selected by Blanche. He compliments Blanche’s food as a teaching to impress her. He says “This is wonderful…The best I’ve ever tasted. What cooks are you. But you are too generous. Let me put some back in the pot.” (Dorris, 21). This exemplifies how Bernard decides to mature as a person by knowing what to say without his mother’s teachings. He begins to value his culture and traditions by complimenting Blanche on the food and showing proper etiquette when eating. Through this, it is portrayed that men in the society

In the children’s novel, The Sky is Falling by Kit Pearson, Bernard plays a vital role primarily in Norah Stoake’s life. Bernard is the first and only friend Norah has initially so in a way he is like a pillar of strength for her and this story. Both Norah and Bernard are isolated/alienated at school thus by sticking together they reduce their loneliness. Although Norah and Bernard contrast each other in some ways, what they share is the desire to escape from their current realities. The books serve as a temporary escape for them. Despite this, Bernard is much more accepting of the situation. He can do so by removing focus from the present. Instead he imagines what his life will look like down the road. In fact, he advised Norah of doing the

Bernard was brought up knowing that hard work and effort will lead to success. With taking his father’s advice, Bernard makes sure that he is prepared for graduation. All of the time invested in school pays off when Bernard gains status as an important Lawyer later in life.

            Bernard Marx was alienated in the Brave New World because of his general appearance. As an Alpha Plus, Bernard was unusually short and ugly. Suggested by Fanny, Bernard's condition resulted from an error when he was still in a bottle, the workers

|is where there are people unaffected by Bernard’s society and are considered savage. They’re pretty much like the natives of Africa post-colonization. There, Bernard and his |

In conclusion, Bernard is interested in pursuing his personal desires, instead of conforming to society because he doesn’t like the way society is and what it is restricting people from.

The movie well portrays the conflict between the couple while maintaining the different shades of grey in their character. Bernard was shown as an egoist, with narcissism and no sense of responsibility for his actions, but he was also shown having a vulnerable side of him. He lacked the capacity to contain emotions this frequently made him feel that others are being ‘difficult’. His inability to express his emotions was shown by his usage of words like - ‘comic timings’, ‘hurts my feelings’ and ‘it’s

the above quote might be hard to understand, within the story Bernard had just figured out a secret that could save him from leaving the World State, and no longer be the outcast, but be popular. This is his flaw, he wants to be popular, and yet he is an outcast. The quote below provides evidence that Bernard is an outcast,

     It is evident that Bernard and Lenina shift their attitudes after they meet the savage, John. Bernard gets a taste of power after bringing the savage home to London and becomes satisfied and happy as defined by Brave New World, a complete turnaround from his previous, almost American ideals. Lenina finds love and joy, as an American would define it after being content for so many years in the society of Brave New World. Before he finds the savage, Bernard is unhappy with his surroundings,

In a society where happiness is an easily achievable goal with the help of pills, Bernard is an outcast. He is a quirky Alpha in the World State who is always struggling to fit in and be accepted by society. His odd characteristics lead many including Fanny to say that the hatchery, “ put alcohol in his blood-surrogate”(Huxley 46). For example Bernard enjoys spending time alone and thinking about life, whereas the rest of society is playing Obstacle Golf. His smart and shy ways earn him an odd place in society, where he is not accepted by the community. When Lenina mentions having sex with Bernard in public, he shyly whispers, “Hadn’t we talk about this somewhere else”(Huxley 58). This action just shows how uncomfortable casual sex makes Bernard

I picked this quote because I thought it was odd that Lenina didn't understand or like that fact that Bernard wanted to hang out alone with her and just talk without being in a big group or crowd of people because that's how it works with us in our society. I also think it is weird how when people go on dates in this book they don't care about getting to know someone they only do it because they were toast it was the natural thing to date as many people as possible and not really getting too attached to one person. (102)

That may also be a reason why he likes Lenina. Lenina is different than the other woman in the novel. The society believes that “everyone belongs to everyone else,” but Lenina no longer believes that. She continued an unconventionally long relationship with another character in the novel because she did not care about the traditional way the society did things. Because she became a bit of a rebel, Bernard became attracted to her.

The way the men speak of the women disgusts Bernard; they act as if the women are pieces of meat. Both men from both novels have some sort of physical flaw that outcasts them from the rest of the people. Bernard is shorter than most and Jonas has unusual eyes.

This quote is talking about how Bernard is being executed and he is saving himself by bringing Linda and John back to London to shame his director and to save him from being sent to Iceland. I feel like this is wrong on so many levels because he is only using John and Linda so he won't get moved, he doesn't actually care about them. And he also embarrass John Linda and his director infront of everyone which it very wrong of him to do. I also question how him bring Savages back from London helps him in the first place because it doesn't get rid of all the bad things he has done to get moved in it just covers them up but it doesn't change does it? (129)

Her room mate Fanny remarks "They say somebody made a mistake when he was still in the bottle – thought he was a gamma and put alcohol into his blood-surrogate. That's why he's so stunted."(Huxley 46) Bernard must deal with the defect of not being proper height. This causes him to have less sex and be mocked by other citizens who fit in. Bernard becomes a rebel when he thinks against the order of the world state. When the Character refuses to take the soma, he is overwhelmed with bad feelings and a sense of self-consciousness that restricts his performance in the world state.