Another blog about Bernard (Brave New World-6)

"'But I do,' he insisted. 'It makes me feel as though...' he hesitated, searching for words with which to express himself, 'as though I were more me, if you see what I mean. More on my own, not so completely a part of something else. Not just a  cell in the social body. Doesn't it make you feel like that, Lenina?'" (Brave New World, page 90)


So, I know my past 2 blogs have been about Bernard, but as of right now, he seems like the only character in the book that has some hope. Every other character in this book is so wrapped up in their own self-pleasure & hedonistic world (it has become even more apparent in the past chapter than it was when I wrote about hedonism in my third blog). It actually kind of makes me really disturbed to thing about the type of world that these people live in. This society is based around the fundamental principles of the technological advances of the time of President Ford. So much so that they revere Ford as a god. These people are disgusted and embarrassed of the thought of having actual parents. Every being in society regards their sexuality as something to use for their own benefit rather than it's actual purpose. I know that I am a sheltered, conservative Catholic girl, but still, these concepts on which their society is based is just absolutely absurd. This is why I'm writing about Bernard again. Bernard is still a little confused right now with everything that is going on in the culture in which he lives. However, as the quote above shows, Bernard knows that there is more to life that having sex and living as a community to create this happy-go-lucky, "pretend that everything is okay" world. Bernard is searching to find himself. Bernard feels and knows that he is stuck in this society where "everyone belongs to everyone" and he doesn't want to be apart of it anymore. It is all of these little details about Bernard's demeanor that give me hope for his character. There is more to Bernard than the rest of the characters in this book. Bernard sees that there is an actual human being with feelings beyond the fixated version that everyone is "created" to be. He also realizes more than anyone what is going on and he may be the one person that changes things in this world.