Saturday, June 16, 2018

What does Lenina say during the flight with henry that demonstrates she is a true product of conditioning?

From the earliest age, Lenina has been conditioned to despise those beneath her in the social pecking order. In this "brave new world," the lower orders are recognizable not just by the relatively menial work they perform but also by the clothes they wear. Deltas, for instance, wear khaki, whereas Epsilons wear black.
Lenina and Henry are flying past the television factory, where the workers are just finishing their shift. The workers are from the supposedly inferior Delta and Gamma castes, and Lenina, being a member of the more elite Beta caste, instinctively looks down on them. She unthinkingly reveals that she's very much the product of social conditioning when she casually remarks to Henry that she's glad she's not a Gamma. Lenina has no real awareness of what she's saying; expressing such prejudice has become second nature to her.

No comments:

Post a Comment

What is the theme of the chapter Lead?

Primo Levi's complex probing of the Holocaust, including his survival of Auschwitz and pre- and post-war life, is organized around indiv...