"'A man-one man.'" page 187
Lenina, early on, perplexed me. She seemed minor and irrelevant. I wondered why Bernard stuck with her. But, now she seems more dynamic a character. The fact that she is able to break her conditioning by loving a single man says something has changed in her. Maybe she will develop into her own individual by the time the books over. I thought maybe she could develop a special relationship with John, but that seems doubtful. John was appalled and enraged at Lenina's lustful advances on him. Perhaps now John won't regard her as so perfect and majestically beautiful, and himself, so shamefully unworthy. I think John shouldn't be too harsh on her because he should realize that society has forced her into this way by way of hypnodapic teaching. She really hasn't learned to regard sex as a intimate and spiritual bond that should remain between two people throughout their lives.
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