A huge negative for John is the new culture in London, which encompasses attitudes towards sexuality, freedom, marriage, level of interaction, etc.. The first problem that John runs into is the fact that people force him into too much interaction with others, when he is used to being alone. At the start of chapter 12, when Bernard tries to get John out of his room, he angrily replies, “Go to hell!” (Pg. 115). As John comes from a relatively quiet and lonely upbringing, this becomes overwhelming. His next clash with London’s culture is his attitude towards marriage and sexuality. In Indian culture, they are supposed to make magnificent gestures and marry their women and wait to have sexual relations. When lenina undresses for him, he revolts in terror screaming “And as though awakened by her cry he caught her by the shoulders and shook her. ‘Whore!’ he shouted ‘Whore! Impudent strumpet!’” (Pg. 130) because he is not used to this type of
A huge negative for John is the new culture in London, which encompasses attitudes towards sexuality, freedom, marriage, level of interaction, etc.. The first problem that John runs into is the fact that people force him into too much interaction with others, when he is used to being alone. At the start of chapter 12, when Bernard tries to get John out of his room, he angrily replies, “Go to hell!” (Pg. 115). As John comes from a relatively quiet and lonely upbringing, this becomes overwhelming. His next clash with London’s culture is his attitude towards marriage and sexuality. In Indian culture, they are supposed to make magnificent gestures and marry their women and wait to have sexual relations. When lenina undresses for him, he revolts in terror screaming “And as though awakened by her cry he caught her by the shoulders and shook her. ‘Whore!’ he shouted ‘Whore! Impudent strumpet!’” (Pg. 130) because he is not used to this type of