"He was miserably isolated now as he had been when the service began-more isolated by reason of his unreplenished emptiness, his dead satiety." page 86
Chapter 5 is divided into two parts. Part one tells of Henry's night out with Lenina. Henry, after a couple grams of soma, is as happy as can be, stating that "everybody is happy now." He is fully content with the way his society runs, just as he was conditioned to be. In part two, Bernard attends a Solidarity Service, sometime type of exotic weird singing ritual. Everyone around his is in ecstasy and rapture, while he is feeling only anguish. He feels isolated and miserable with his life. It is pretty clear at this point that Henry and Bernard are foil characters. Henry is successful with the women, and enjoys his current life as a consumer. Bernard, with his small stature, isn't so successful with women, and doesn't enjoy living in this world like Henry does.
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