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Chapter 5

By: Tricia Ekas. Chapter 5. Part One. Summary At closing time, Lenina and Henry got into their helicopter. On the way to Henry’s, they flew over the Crematorium and witnessed a switchback. When they arrive at Henry’s apartment, they went to the dining room where they had a meal and soma.

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Chapter 5

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  1. By: Tricia Ekas Chapter 5

  2. Part One • Summary • At closing time, Lenina and Henry got into their helicopter. • On the way to Henry’s, they flew over the Crematorium and witnessed a switchback. • When they arrive at Henry’s apartment, they went to the dining room where they had a meal and soma. • After dinner, Lenina and Henry go to the Westminster Abbey Carbaret where the Sixteen Sexophonists are playing and dance amongst others. • At the end of this chapter, Lenina and Henry take another dose of soma.

  3. Part Two • Summary • Bernard takes a helicopter taxi to Fordson Community Singery for a meeting. • The President begins the service by making two T signs signaling the service has begun. • A cup is passed around containing strawberry ice cream and soma and everybody drinks some. • During the ceremony, they hear a voice overhead saying “Oh, Ford, Ford, Ford…” (pg. 83) and claim it to be the “Great Being” coming. • They dance to orgy-porgy • After the meeting, all are standing on the roof and Bernard feels “separate and unatoned, while the others were being fused into the Greater Being” (pg. 86).

  4. Important Details • Part One • Closing time • Lenina and Henry take soma • Lenina and Henry go to the Westminster Abbey Cabaret to hear the Sixteen Sexophonists and dance • Part Two • Great Being is when 12 souls become 1 • During the ritual, everyone claims that they hear the footsteps of the Greater Being • Bernard does not feel “ in sync” with the others and pretends

  5. Vocabulary • Zenith • Switchback: a human being finally and definitely disappearing • Diminuendo • Consummation • Satiety • Exultant

  6. Alphas, Betas, Deltas, Epsilons: the caste hierarchy in Utopia • Malthusian drill (pg. 77): another device meant for the unsterilized women to avoid pregnancy • Five Step (pg. 76-77): a popular Utopian dance • Hypnop’dia (pg. 77): sleep-teaching to inculcate prejudices into the subconscious of the sleeper • Internal and External Secretion Trust (pg. 72): this utopian organization is in charge of hormones and extracts to keep the people young and happy

  7. Soma (pg. 75,77): a drug that creates a sense of false happiness, to escape reality, preserves social stability • Solidarity Service (pg. 78): a pseudo-religious gathering to promote fraternity among the upper castes • Ford (pg. 79): the Utopian idol, the nearest equivalent to God • Orgy-Porgy (pg. 84-85): a ritual where indiscriminate, en masse sexual relations ensure solidarity in the participants

  8. New Characters • Morgana Rothschild: black unibrow • FifiBradlaugh • Joanna Diesel • Clara Deterding: 2 black eyebrows; too pneumatic • Tom Kawaguchi • Sarojini Engels • Jim Bokanovsky • Herbert Bakunin

  9. Opinion

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