Onomatopoeia

"Click, click, click, click... And it was morning. Bernard was back among the miseries of space and time." (page 178)

I think this represents Bernard beginning to revert back to his old self. Although he's not completely back yet, it's a start. Bernard says that he's unhappy that he's not being idolized anymore. That's why he considered the present "misery". Not even soma seems to be able to cure his unhappiness. I feel somewhat bad for Bernard, but then I realize that he brought it upon himself. He is even compared to a "deflated balloon" at one point. Bernard's unhappiness will probably end soon and he will find peace in his solitude, or with John and Helmholtz. 

Oxymoron

"Bernard felt positively gigantic - gigantic and at the same time light with elation, lighter than air." (page 157)

I'm very upset with Bernard at this point. He sold out. He feels like he's on top of the world just because he brought back a savage. I can't believe he's really started acting like the rest of the World State citizens. I'm really hoping Bernard realizes how different he's become. He's even being rude to John; I thought they'd become good friends. Maybe Bernard wasn't the hero I expected him to be.  

Bernard's Expulsion

"The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray." (page 148)

Bernard may finally get to leave the World State, although not on his own accord. I'm not exactly sure what the last straw for the Director was, but he finally confronted Bernard - and the whole community- about his unorthodox ways. I think this could turn out positively for Bernard in the long run. The quote clearly shows that the Director is intimidated by Bernard's individuality and absurd way of life. The Director must know what it feels like to be different. I think he knows how truly special Bernard is, and he doesn't want anyone else to be lead astray by Bernard. Bernard has the intelligence and power to lead an uprising and change to World State forever. I think that is the true reason the Director exiled him.

Lyric Poem

"On the white wonder of Juliet's hand, may seize and steal immortal blessing from her lips" (page 144)

John quotes Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to express his feelings for Lenina. He was raised learning to read using Shakespeare's complete works, so John can fluently speak beautiful old english. Lenina may have been asleep, but John got carried away by her beauty and quoted the romantic line. Since the first time they saw each other, John and Lenina had an instant attraction. I may have been wrong about people not being able to love in this book. Even if they don't fall in love, I think it would be good for Lenina to get to know John. The relationship could benefit both of them. I hope Lenina will be able to break out of her current life style.

Sympathy

"If one's different, one's bound to be lonely." (page 137)

This chapter brought about one feeling: sympathy. I feel sorry for John and how he isn't even accepted by his own drunken mother. I feel sorry for Bernard who wants so badly not to return to London. I feel sorry for Linda who was thrown into a new place without any instruction on how to live. Most of all, I feel sorry for the citizens in the World State who have been deprived of romance, family, and love. Bernard and John prove to be very similar while being complete opposites. ( I know that doesn't make total sense, but hear me out.) They are both ostracized and lonely, but John longs to be where Bernard lives and Bernard dreams of being free. I hope they both get what they want; I like them. 

Linda

"There's so much one doesn't know; it wasn't my business to know." (page 122) 

The entrance of Linda's character set of lots of little light bulbs in my mind. I soon realized she was the woman the Director was so emotionally attached to until she became lost in the vast expanse of New Mexico. She had a son with this man; the man who runs a community that considers parenthood primeval and borderline disgusting. No wonder he doesn't like to talk about that whole situation. Linda has been in this "uncivilized" for, I'm guessing, close to 15 years and has still not adjusted. The conditioning, decanting, and fertilizing that happens in Bernard and Lenina's community clearly is meant for long term results. Linda still could repeat some of the verse she learned in her sleep for so many years. She still hadn't comprehended the way people "have each other" on the Reservation. This whole encounter helped to explain the extremity of the practices learned in the World State in London, and how vital it is that at least a few people like Bernard some how learn differently.

Lenina's Similes

"The mesa was like a ship becalmed in a strait of lion-coloured dust." (page 107)

Lenina uses multiple similes during her visit to the pueblos of Malpais. I imagine that is because she has never seen anything remotely close to the people and culture of New Mexico.  Her descriptions of the mesas show how focused on her own community she was throughout the trip.  Her description of a rock compared it to the "Charing-T Tower". None of these were new or original ideas. They all drew from something she was conditioned to know about or the things she saw every day. Lenina seems to be a person who is completely okay with her repetitive life in London. Her visit to New Mexico made me realize that she had no knowledge of any life outside her own.