Chapter 4

• Lenina accepts Bernard‘s invitation to go to the Savage Reservation together in front of some coworkers and he is embarrassed
• she is confused by him wanting to discuss this in private
• she leaves to get to her date with Henry
• Bernard feels terrible because he behaved weirdly in public when Lenina behaved like a perfectly normal English girl discussing her sexual life in public
• Lenina and Henry take off in his helicopter to get to their date
• trying to order two Delta-Minus attendants to prepare his helicopter for take-off, Bernard notices once again how he is seen as a lesser Alpha Plus member due to his size
• he visits his friend Helmholtz Watson - a lecturer at the College of Emotional Engineering - with his helicopter
• Helmholtz is pictured as extremely intelligent, attractive and of the right size; additionally, he works in propaganda
• his mental excess is compared with Bernard‘s physical defect - both cause a dissatisfaction with the status quo
• also, they consider themselves individuals
• when Bernard proudly talks about Lenina‘s accepted invitation, Helmholtz does not seem interested
• Helmholtz believes that his writing talent should be used for a greater purpose than writing sentences for hypnopaedia

Chapter 5

• Henry and Lenina play Obstacle Golf and when flying back, Lenina notices the fumes from the crematorium that burns bodies in order to collect phosphorous for fertilizer
• they consume soma at home and at the Westminster Abbey Cabaret
• despite the high dose of soma that makes them forget everything around them, Lenina uses her contraceptives
• every two weeks, Bernard is obliged to participate in Solidarity Service at the Fordson Community Singery
• 6 men and 6 women sit at a table, listening to a hymn and taking different kinds of soma
• they revel in exhilaration and the meeting ends in a sex orgy after which Bernard feels more isolated than ever

Chapter 6

• Lenina and Bernard have a date at a wrestling match
• Bernard behaves weirdly and does not want to take soma
• on their way home, Bernard stops the helicopter over the Channel
• he tells her that he likes the quietude of the rushing water as this makes him feel like an individual, but Lenina wants to leave as soon as possible
• back home, Bernard takes a lot of soma and sleeps with Lenina
• in the morning, Bernard talks with Lenina about the fact that he did not want to sleep with her and that instead, he would have wanted to behave like adults
• afterwards, he heads to the Director in order to get permission for his trip to the Reservation
• the Director hands out the permit and tells Bernard that he went there with a woman 20 years ago
• however, she has been missing ever since a terrible storm
• with Bernard wondering whether the Director suffered a huge shock, the Director notices that he has revealed too much information about his private life to Bernard
• Bernard is criticized for his antisocial behavior and is threatened to be exiled to Iceland which leaves Bernard feeling rebellious
• Lenina and Bernard head to the Reservation and the Warden shares a huge amount of facts with them
• Bernard remembers that he left the scent tap on back home and calls Helmholtz to ask him to turn it off
• Helmholtz informs Bernard that the Director plans on exiling him to Iceland
• he is devastated about those news and Lenina persuades him to take soma

Function Chapters 4-6

• Bernard‘s role as protagonist
  
  • seems to be a social misfit (more than a political rebel)
  • brags about his affair with Lenina, fearful of being caught when criticizing the government
  • behaves paradoxically since he attempts to resist Lenina while at the same time lusting after her
• introduction of Helmholtz‘ character
  
  • contrasting character to Bernard
  • Helmholtz is too perfect for his caste - he has many affairs and is successful career-wise
  • however, he believes that there is more to life than just sex, his work and sports
  • he is connected to Bernard due to their mutual dislike for the system
• rapidly changing setting
  
  • Helmholtz‘ workplace, his apartment, Henry‘s helicopter, the crematorium, Westminster Abbey Cabaret, Bernard‘s apartment, Community Singery, ...
  • portrays a typical day in the World State
  • while flying over the crematorium, Lenina and Henry start questioning the system; when Lenina feels troubled about that, she repeats one of the hypnopaedic sentences and she is happy again
  • conditioning the members of the World State keeps them from questioning the system
• lack of time for reflection by themselves keeps the members of the World State obedient
  
  • outside work hours, the members have strictly regulated social activities
  • Bernard fears that his conversation with Helmholtz is overheard