Chapter Five

In this part of the novel, little information about Lenina that is of importance is revealed, other than her day to day affairs with Henry. However, it was revealed that Bernard goes to a Solitary Service which he attends once every two weeks. This acts as somewhat of a church service although very different from what you would think of a church service in our daily life. First, the president of the group uses a "T" as some sort of symbolic meaning. Similar to the cross of Christianity in theory but I have no knowledge as to why they used this "T". During this service, they begin to chant about "Ford" and how he is coming. Bernard, who feels quite isolated and out of th norm of his society, feels no excitement for these events, however to fit in with the other members of this service joins in on the dancing and chanting. High on soma tablets, these people have no idea as to how silly they appear as they chant "ORGY PORGY" and slap each other's buttocks. I find it funny how these people seem to all blend into one another. Even though they demonstrate some amount of freedom of choice, most of these people tend to stay with those who are similar to them and tend to do the same activities. However Bernard seems to disobey the norm of this novel. He wants more from it and is not being satisfied. He is so to the extent that he is pretending that he is fine as to "fit in" with those around him. It just seems as though the people of power in this novel are using people as guinea pigs for strange applications of human activities, hence the dancing and chanting. One minute they know nothing of family and the next they are dancing and chanting "ORGY PORGY". It seems all too strange for there to not be some alterior motive for those who do the conditioning for this society.