But the ease with which Helmholtz and John relate to one another was never achieved between Bernard and John. After all it was he who brought John to London and took him into his home. Helmholtz and John become fast friends which, in turn, makes Bernard jealous. Helmholtz now feels that he is being watched to see if he does anything else which is against the school's policies. They turned Helmholtz into the Principal and he threatened to fire him. The students are conditioned to find being alone abhorrent. Instead of using one of the World State sanctioned rhymes as an example he used a rhyme he had written himself. In the class he was teaching the students how to use rhymes for moral propaganda. It seems he is teaching an Advanced Emotional Engineering for Third Year Students class. So he decides to make Helmholtz pay for being such a kind person.īernard also finds out that Helmholtz himself has had a falling out with the Authority. He could only be this unselfish with the use of soma. Because of Helmholtz's kindness, Bernard feels resentful. He did not need to use soma to feel happy. This was also upsetting to Bernard, for Helmholtz was kind on his own. Helmholtz accepts his appeal and without rancor proceeds as if nothing had ever happened. During the time of Bernard's power and popularity, he allowed Helmholtz to go by the wayside. Therefore, Bernard decides to take revenge against John.īernard also goes back to Helmholtz Watson and asks if they can restore their friendship. Bernard, to himself recognizing the truth in John's words, still feels resentment towards John for undoing his happiness. Bernard bemoans the fact that he is now unhappy and that is how he felt at the Reservation. He tells Bernard he likes him more now because Bernard is more like the person he was at the Reservation. He holds a grudge against John, even though he knows that John was within his rights not to attend the party. John's refusal to attend the party has taken away Bernard's temporary popularity and power. The Controller does not disagree with the paper, but in the World State it is not admissible.īernard is once again lonely and feeling isolated. In fact the author of the paper is to be watched and even considered for transfer to the Marine Biological Station of St. The paper, for these reasons, must not be published. After all everyone knows their purpose is to maintain well-being. If the upper castes were exposed to these types of thoughts, then their conditioning might be undone. A person should seek to broaden their sense of self and look beyond Society for a sense of purpose. It is a paper which uses math to explain the purpose of life in terms of making a difference by looking at knowledge as something to be larger than that taught by the Society. Meanwhile, Mustapha Mond is reflecting on a paper he has just read titled A New Theory of Biology. Because that is no longer possible she decides to go home with the Arch-Community-Songster. She had finally decided to tell John about her feelings for him. John's refusal to attend the party crushes Lenina. As he is leaving the Arch-Community-Songster warns Bernard to mend his ways before it is too late. Only after Bernard pleads with the guests do they agree to stay and eat, but they leave as soon as possible. The guests including the Arch-Community-Songster of Canterbury are extremely angry at Bernard. John does not want to see these people nor does he want them in Bernard's apartment, as a result John refuses to emerge from his bedroom. If he had asked John, he would have saved himself a great deal of time and embarrassment. But Bernard has skipped the step of asking John if he wanted a party. As chapter 12 begins, Bernard has invited some very important people to a party to meet John.
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