This scene is key for developing both characters. However this is normal for Lenina and she finds Bernard’s embarrassment amusing.

This public display of sexual desire embarrasses Bernard.

On the elevator full of coworkers Lenina tells Bernard that she decided that she would like to go to the savage reservation with Bernard, if he would still like to have sex with her. At the hatchery, where both Lenina and Bernard work, Lenina gets onto the same crowded elevator as Bernard. In chapter four the literary device of characterization is used to further the development of Bernard Marx and Lenina Crowne. The reader sees this character as the first woman in this society and she is an important example of the people and sexual habits of the society. Fanny bears warning to Lenina about Benard and Lenina disregards it. However Fanny finds Bernard odd and mentions the rumor about alcohol being switched into Bernard’s blood surrogate, explaining for why he is so small and such an outcast. Bernard has asked Lenina to accompany him on a business trip to a savage reservation and she is considering going. Lenina and Fanny also discuss Bernard Marx, a character which is later found to be very important in Lenina’s life. However she is later seen as somewhat of astray from the social norm due to her attraction to the savage. She enjoys what she was conditioned to enjoy, such as, soma, games, feelies (movies engaging multiple senses), and sex. In many ways Lenina is a conventional member of society. This is the first odd thing about Lenina the reader observes. However Lenina admits that she does not feel very promiscuous at the time. Monogamous relationships are frowned upon in this society and multiple sexual partners and promiscuity is encouraged. Fanny frowns upon this and tries to encourage Lenina to be more promiscuous. Lenina reveals that she has been been sleeping with another colleague Henrey Ford for four months. We first see her in the women’s changing room at work discussing how she is with her colleague Fanny. Lenina Crowne is a vaccine worker at the Hatchery.

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