"He rage against himself-what a fool!-against the director-how unfair not to give him that other chance, that other chance which, he now had no doubt at all, he had always intended to take. And Iceland, Iceland..." page 104
Bernard is clearly different. He is introverted, and prefers solitude rather than being with a crowd of people. This has landed him in hot water. The director has recognized his unorthodox behavior and now, Bernard will be sent to Iceland, a dreadful place. In this chapter Bernard speaks of affliction and what it would be like to take on afflictions without soma, completely sober. Maybe this is his chance to experience pure affliction, not mitigated by drugs.
On an unrelated note, on page 103, Indians are referred to as savages. I think this is an allusion to the native Americans living in America when Americans came and forced them off their land and treated them with a characteristic cruelty. It's interesting how Huxley weaves history through his novel. Another obvious example is the deification of Henry Ford in the novel.
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