Melodramatic+Man-to-Man+Bonding

// What function(s) does this scene perform? //
 * reveals John and Benard's feelings of loneliness and exclusion
 * provides insight into John's thinking process
 * show the affects of conditioning
 * shows John's excitement about going to London

// What is it doing? //// Why has it been written? What purpose does it serve? //
 * plot twist
 * stresses how people who are different, often become ostracized in society
 * Bernard wants to use John and Linda to embarrass/ get revenge on the Director
 * shows John's set of beliefs

// How is the scene’s construction (i.e., the way it’s built) conducive to its function & purpose? //
 * John and Bernard admit to each other that they are rejected from their communities for being different.
 * Bernard asks whether John and his mother would like to go back to the world state with him.
 * Benard does not show empathy to John after he reveled his scar; he was rather disgusted.
 * John asks if Lenina is married and is overjoyed when he learns she is not.