Real Identity In Brave New World

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What I found surprising and disturbing at the same time was a quote from Lieutenant Nun on chapter four, “I ran my sword point through Reyes’ friend-where, I cannot say-and down he went. And so with blood drawn on both side...” (14). I chose this quote because I would never have imagined she could kill someone in action and this is also where she starts to run away from her troubles from the law. Which she got charged with murder. But for Catalina, she has to set aside her feminism and be more masculine and to prove that she can do anything since she does not want to show any doubts about her real identity. Catalina had to do what she has to do which is to murder the man. In my opinion, the quote I chose explains a lot about the New World during

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