Summary: Linda returns home and goes on an 18 hour soma holiday. While Linda was on holiday Bernard sat in his bed and thought up a plan. The next day he leaves linda for business, and meets Mustapha Mond. After talking with Mond and the Warden he takes his time before leaving back to Linda. John is upset when he finds that Bernard and Lenina had left him, and so he cries while siiting on the steps. John then decides to look through the house window and break the glass when he sees lenina's suitcase. he then rushes inside and starts smelling and playing with all of lenina's clothes. He then thinks he hears a noise and quickly stops what he's doing. He walks out to the landing carefully and sees lenina lying on her bed. He starts to cry. he then kneels down beside her and starts reciting poetry. He goes to touch her but quickly recoils. He begins to hear a buzzing and realizes it's bernard's plane landing. He quickly escapes the building in time to meet him.
INterpretation: A chapter about John's envy for Lenina
Fig. language:Allusion to Romeo and Juliet.
Vocab: Zippicamiknicks
I think Huxley made up the vocabulary word: zippicamiknicks.
ReplyDeleteAny other allusions?