What happened in chapter 10 of Brave New World?
Summary: Chapter 10 Sacrificing one individual for the greater good of the society is no great loss since the Hatchery can churn out dozens of new babies. When Bernard arrives, the Director declares Bernard “heretical” because he refuses to behave like an infant and does not immediately seek to gratify his own desires.
What does the director want to do with Bernard in Chapter 10?
After Bernard, Lenina, John, and Linda return to London, the Director calls Bernard into the Fertilizing Room. The Director has Henry Foster with him. He wants to use Bernard as an example to the others.
What does the director do at the end of Chapter 10?
When a nervous Bernard arrives, the Director announces to the assembled workers that Bernard has betrayed and imperiled Society with his heretical views about sports, soma, and sex—he subverts civilization itself.
What happened to the director after the interaction with Bernard that he had in Ch 10?
He resigns and disappears, never to be seen again.
What is Bernard’s punishment?
What is to be Bernard’s punishment? Bernard will be dismissed from his post and sent to the lowest Sub−Centre on Iceland.
What according to the director is worse than murder?
In short, unorthodoxy of behavior is worse than murder, from the perspective of the Director, because it has the potential to spread, and infect others.
Why is Bernard jealous of John and Helmholtz?
John and Helmholtz meet, and they take to one another right away. Bernard is jealous of their affection for one another and wishes he had never brought them together. He takes soma to escape his feelings. John reads passages from Shakespeare to Helmholtz.
Why is Mother a bad word in Brave New World?
Why is “mother” such an obscene word? Because nobody knows what a mother is in this society, nobody has one. Mothers create too much sentiment (maudlin). How is Bernard Marx different from his associates?