BNW8 - Stream of Consciousness

"Lenina was left to face the horrors of Malpais unaided. They came crowding in on her thick and fast. The spectacle of two young women giving breast to their babies made her blush and turn away her face. She had never seen anything so indecent in her life." (Brave New World, pg. 111) The auther Huxley does much to reveal the inner workings of the characters' minds. I will focus on Lenina's and Bernard's minds. Lenina has been conditioned to respond in certain ways to certain situations. The author reveals how this brings about torture to her during her encounter with the indians (above quote). However, something is different about the way Bernard thinks. Whenever Lenina does one of her conditioned responses, Bernard says "Five hundred repititions once a week from thirteen to seventeen" (BNW, pg. 100) or something of the like. This reveals how the two characters' minds work differently. Huxley does a great job of this and brings out how it affects the characters throught the plot. The stream of consciousness is essential.