Brave New World Second Post

1. Why is the book titled Brave New World?
    The book is titled Brave New World because it is based off of the way the John views the One State. When Bernard first tells John he will be going to the One State John quotes The Tempest and says, "O brave new world with such people in it." (148) John has always lived in the reservation and has only heard about the one state. He has   heard many good things about it. John is fascinated to go there because he has always thought of it as being something that is better than him because all he has known is the reservation. After he gets to the One State he begins to say this quote ironically because he is disappointed.

2. Why does Linda always stay as an outsider in the Reservation?
    Linda is was not the same culture when she first came to the Reservation and therefore never really conformed. When Linda first came to the Reservation she slept with all of the women's husbands and they did not like her. She never tried to redeem her reputation and this is why she never conformed to their culture. I also believe that when she was first born she was conditioned to think that their way of life was wrong. When she arrived she still believed that everything they did was wrong and she could not break the way she was conditioned do that she could be like them.

3. Why is John so against being in a relationship with Lenina?
    John really does like Lenina and is really attracted to her but they both have different views on a relationship. Because of their conflicting views John has a hard time whenever he is around Lenina. Lenina wants to have sex with John but not have a very strong relationship with him. John is completely against that because of what the cultures is at the Reservation and what he has read in Shakespeare. John is used to reading about relationships where the characters a deeply in love and have very strong feelings for each other. While John has both physical and emotional attractions to Lenina, Lenina only really has a  physical attraction to John. John does not want to submerge himself into something that would just be physical attraction.