Characters

Question 1

alpha male

Answer 1

Bernard Marx

smaller than Alphas are meant to be

Question 2

Bernard marx outsider status

Answer 2

for this reason he is more self-conscious and more of an individual than other citizens of the WS

allows him to recognize and criticize the flaws of the WS

Question 3

individuality

Answer 3

“Murder kills only the individual and after all, what is an individual?”

Question 4

Helmholtz opposite of Bernard

Answer 4

he is the perfect embodiment of an Alpha Male

his perfection makes him an individual

Question 5

John Savage

Answer 5

treated as an outsider on the Reservation

but he still picks up their religious and moral values, as well as a love for Shakespeare

Question 6

Linda

Answer 6

saw the WS as a paradise

John sees the culture as immoral and degrading to humanity

Question 7

Lenina

Answer 7

slightly unconventional as she has the tendency to date only one man at a time, but she never challenges her conditioning

becomes obsessed with John as he doesn’t immediately sleep with her

“hug me till you drug me honey”

Question 8

Mustapha Mond

Answer 8

one of the 10 controllers of the WS

he holds up happiness and stability as more important that love or truth