BNW Ch. 4 and 5

• Lenina accepts going out with Bernard
• Bernard caught off guard? confused? surprised by her response?
• Bernard an outcast
• Proud of being so
• Feels a bit superior (a rebel)
• is soon brought back to earth
• He visits the bright Helmholtz
• Helmholtz is an Alpha
• not any Alpha, to intelligent, more than he should be
• both Bernard and Helmholtz are outcasts for opposite reasons
• Helmholtz isnt satisfied with his work
• He could be putting his mind to better use, Bernard freaked  out

• Soma an addiction to happiness
• Lenina and Henry become so drugged up they loose there senses
• its normal for this is happiness
• they live off of sex and drugs
• Bernardo disagrees?
• more to life makes him an outcast?
• Bernard attends a type of sex ceremony with other men and women but feels even more alone after the experience
• Strange ritual 
• this is their religion, sex and drugs
• this is their idea of a god and of self-fulfillment