Something else...(Brave New World-4)

"Speaking very slowly, 'Did you ever feel,' he asked, 'as though you had something inside you that was only waiting for you to give it a chance to come out? Some sort of extra power that you aren't using--you know, like all the water that goes down the falls instead of through the turbines?' He looked at Bernard questioningly." (Page 69, Brave New World)

This quote comes for the character Helmholtz Watson. Helmholtz is a lecturer at the College of Emotional Engineering. He is similar to Bernard in the sense that he is looked at differently from others in his caste because he is a little bit smarter just as Bernard is smaller. Helmholtz feels that he is empty and  as if there is something more meaningful inside of him and his work. Helmholtz wonders if there is some kind of happiness or something else outside of the stability that society presents. In this way, I believe that the author is foreshadowing Helmholtz and his role later on in the novel. Similar to Bernard, Helmholtz is in his beginning stages of rebelling against the normality of society. He is content with the way things are, but realizes that there is something else. It is possible that this "something else" may be presented to Bernard and Helmholtz later on.

Through the author's foreshadowing, the reader is able to establish who may be the protagonist and antagonist in the story. By establishing this, the reader is also able to get a glimpse of what may happen throughout the rest of the book. Also, it makes the reader more aware of the important details that are crucial to the plot of the story. I think that the rebellion that Helmholtz and Bernard are feeling will make an impact to where the story may head in the future.