John+receives an+audience

//What function(s) does this scene perform? What is it doing? //
 * Shows John's relief at his soon-to-be-broken solitude
 * Shows the World State's overwhelming, blinding desire for entertainment
 * Show that the mindsets of John and World State citizens are completely different, and they cannot understand each other
 * Show the susceptibility of humans to fall in line, even John eventually
 * Show people's reliance on soma for every problem

//Why has it been written? ////What purpose does it serve? //
 * Shows how some humans prefer to remain in solitude and do not like contact
 * Shows how the citizens desire entertainment while being blinded to the danger to themselves by John
 * The citizens see John as playing a role, and that he must be doing this only for their pleasure
 * Even John eventually succumbs to the Orgy-porgy in the crowd, although he regrets it later

//How is the scene’s construction (i.e., the way it’s built) conducive to its function & purpose? //
 * John is happy when alone, and hates when the helicopters come
 * The citizens cheer even when John threatens them with his whip
 * John is unable to understand why people live how they do, and the citizens do not understand that John only wants to be left alone
 * The quickness in which the novel shifts from John's beatings to the orgy-porgy dance and song