Compared to the major roles like Bernard Marx and John the Savage, Lenina Crowne 's character plays a less important role in the plot of the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Though her part to the story as a whole is somewhat minor, she is an important character in the fact that she represents the common beliefs of the World State, and serves as a foil to our protagonist, John the Savage. At the beginning of the novel, Lenina is in a somewhat exclusive relationship with a man named Henry Foster. Though to us, this may seem normal, but in this futuristic society, this is a rather unheard act because everyone belongs to everyone and the concept of monogamy is unheard of. Because of her abnormal behavior, Fanny confronts Lenina and
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We can see that she is not an ordinary, scandalous member of society because of her almost monogamous relationship with Henry, and her reluctance to step outside of that bond. Even though she may not be an ordinary member of society, she shares other values with the rest of the world state, like her insensitivity to other cultures, and her numbness to the concept of sex and interpersonal relationships. While Lenina and Bernard are at the savage reservation, they meet a boy named John, who is immediately enthralled by her beauty. Bernard and Lenina bring John and his mother, Linda, back to the World State because Bernard wants to use John to his advantage, and he refuses to leave without his mother. John leaves with great excitement, expecting the “Brave New World” to be full of educated people that can understand his references to Shakespeare and communicate with him on a more educated level than the savages he had grown up with. John’s mother had lived in the World State, but was taken away when she went on vacation to the reservation. Since then she has lived with the savages, and not fit in well at all. As we know, people in the World State frequently had sex with many partners, and John’s mother continues these customs with the Savages. The woman of their society do not appreciate Lenina sleeping with all their husbands, so she and John are outcasts and very willing to move into the World
We can see that she is not an ordinary, scandalous member of society because of her almost monogamous relationship with Henry, and her reluctance to step outside of that bond. Even though she may not be an ordinary member of society, she shares other values with the rest of the world state, like her insensitivity to other cultures, and her numbness to the concept of sex and interpersonal relationships. While Lenina and Bernard are at the savage reservation, they meet a boy named John, who is immediately enthralled by her beauty. Bernard and Lenina bring John and his mother, Linda, back to the World State because Bernard wants to use John to his advantage, and he refuses to leave without his mother. John leaves with great excitement, expecting the “Brave New World” to be full of educated people that can understand his references to Shakespeare and communicate with him on a more educated level than the savages he had grown up with. John’s mother had lived in the World State, but was taken away when she went on vacation to the reservation. Since then she has lived with the savages, and not fit in well at all. As we know, people in the World State frequently had sex with many partners, and John’s mother continues these customs with the Savages. The woman of their society do not appreciate Lenina sleeping with all their husbands, so she and John are outcasts and very willing to move into the World