Lenina versus John. Round Uno!
Lenina has grown up a the "perfect" society all her life. She has grown up to think that everybody is owned by everybody. She was taught this through the use of hypnopaedia. Since she has gone through this as a child and is predestined to think a certain way automatically. Other thoughts that she is predestined to think is to take soma whenever there is a problem and to consume before repairing.
John has grown up being shunned on a reservation. He was taught to read by his mother and then continued teaching himself by reading Shakespeare. He was able to understand and relate with Shakespeare's works because he was in a kinda tragedy himself. His mother would tell him about the perfect world. All the views he learns from his reading conflict with those of told to him by his mother.
Their views about love and relationships conflict with each other. Due to Lenina's conditioning, she is unable to understand what John is talking about. John has learned views from Shakespeare and thinks Lenina's views are crazy.
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Please elaborate. What does Lenina not understand about John? How has growing up the way he did contributed to the values John embraces as an adult?
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