"You ought to have asked me first whether I wanted to meet them." (Bernard, BNW, page 172)
You know what I feel like? I feel like I'm in a soap opera! My journal that I'm writing in has the most bizarre list of "Bernard=jealous!", "Lenina wants John, John refuses", "Bernard uses John to get 15 minutes of fame." I think it's so entertaining how Huxley takes something that is universally entertaining and is still effective in conveying the story! Now, about the teams. At the start of the story, I though Bernard was some great hero who defied odds to be different. AHA!!! I think I just realized something! Bernard didn't want to have sex automatically with Lenina, just like John. However, he caves. John, however, does not (at least not yet). I think this is foreshadowing how John will react to the people in charge. When confronted with fame and importance, Bernard caved my tent in Glacier Basin. It's this reaction that I think will determine what John does, which is hopefully rising above what is expected by society and lead the world in the proper direction! TEAM JOHN all the way!

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